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• Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi gets 20-year sentence for recruiting Islamic State fighters

  Prosecutors said Abdullahi provided money to send an 18-year-old cousin from Minneapolis to join IS fighters in Syria, as well as three other cousins from Edmonton.

  Crime

  Oct 17, 2022
  
• Suicide attack on Afghanistan mosque kills at least 47, injures 70

  Suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 32 people, according to a Taliban official.

  World

  Oct 15, 2021
  
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• U.S. forces say they’ll redeploy, work with Kurds to continue pressure on Islamic State

  The deployment of the mechanized force comes after US troops pulled out from northeastern Syria, making way for a Turkish offensive against Kurdish fighters that began last month.

  World

  Nov 11, 2019
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• Sister of dead ISIS leader al-Baghdadi captured in northern Syria, Turkey says

  Little is known about the sister of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but a Turkish official called the 65-year-old's arrest an intelligence "gold mine.''

  World

  Nov 4, 2019
• Who was ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

  On Sunday, Donald Trump said that al Baghdadi died by suicide in a tunnel in Syria's Idlib province, near the border with Turkey.

  News

  Oct 27, 2019
• ISIS leader al-Baghdadi killed in U.S. military raid in Syria: Trump

  “Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice,” Trump announced at the White House. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead.”

  World

  Oct 27, 2019
• U.S. may leave some troops in Syria to make sure oil fields don’t fall to ISIS

  The Pentagon chief said the plan was still in the discussion phase and had not yet been presented to President Donald Trump.

  World

  Oct 21, 2019
• What’s open and closed around Winnipeg over the Thanksgiving weekend

  Most places will be running on limited hours while Winnipeg celebrates Thanksgiving Monday.

  Oct 12, 2019
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• Trump sends out conflicting signals on Syria, threatens to ‘totally destroy and obliterate’ Turkey’s economy

  Trump insists that he was elected to wind down U.S. military operations overseas and the moves could always be reversed.

  World

  Oct 7, 2019
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• U.S.-backed troops in Syria launch final offensive against Islamic State

  Syrian Democratic Forces spokesman Mustafa Bali tweeted that the final push began Saturday after more than 20,000 civilians were evacuated from the IS-held area in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour.

  World

  Feb 9, 2019