Islamic State Syria
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U.S. will add troops near Syria oil fields: Pentagon chiefThe vacuum left by Trump's partial withdrawal has created an opening that Russia exploited by moving forces into the area.WorldOct 25, 2019
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U.S.-backed forces proclaim ‘destruction’ of Islamic State after seizing Syrian villageU.S.-backed forces proclaimed the capture of Islamic State's last territory in Syria on Saturday.WorldMar 23, 2019
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ISIS has lost all its territory in Syria, White House saysU.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that U.S.-backed forces had dislodged the Islamic State militant group from its last holdout in Syria.WorldMar 22, 2019
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‘My whole family died because of them’: Orphaned children emerge from ISIS enclaveSome of the children are foreigners whose parents brought them to be raised under Islamic State rule, or child fighters conscripted into what the group dubbed "cubs of the caliphate."WorldMar 2, 2019
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Alabama woman who joined Islamic State in Syria can’t return to U.S.: Pompeo“Ms. Hoda Muthana is not a U.S. citizen and will not be admitted into the United States,” U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said.WorldFeb 20, 2019
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Islamic State on verge of defeat in Syria as 300 militants cornered in villageAn estimated 300 militants are mixed in with hundreds of civilians, refusing to surrender and trying to negotiate an exit with the U.S.-backed forces surrounding them.WorldFeb 18, 2019
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Cornered ISIS militants holding 1,000 civilians in Syrian village: U.S.-backed militiaIslamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny area still held by the extremist group in a village in eastern Syria, according to the U.S.-backed Syrian militia .WorldFeb 17, 2019
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U.S.-backed fighters close in on last Islamic State enclave in eastern SyriaThe Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they have cornered the remaining Islamic militants in a neighborhood of Baghouz village near the Iraqi border, under fire from all sides.WorldFeb 16, 2019
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Cornered in Syrian village, ISIS fighters try to fight off advancing coalition forcesNo one knows exactly how many Islamic State fighters are still holding out in the sliver of territory under attack, although they are estimated to be in the hundreds, most of them foreign fighters.WorldFeb 11, 2019
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U.S.-backed Syrian force says Islamic State in its ‘final moments’"They are living the final moments and realize that this battle is the battle to eliminate them," said Mustafa Bali, media office head of the Syrian Democratic Forces.WorldJan 13, 2019
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