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Al-Baghdadi is a strategic town in the province of Anbar in Iraq. (AFP/File)

February 15th, 2015 - 06:00 GMT

Daesh close to seizing strategic Iraqi town in Anbar province

Daesh fighters have now taken control of large parts of the strategic Anbar town of Al-Baghdadi—55 miles west of the provincial capital Ramadi—amid fears that the jihadist group is seeking to overrun the nearby Ain Al-Assad airbase where US troops are training local forces.

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January 25th, 2015 - 08:39 GMT

Daesh loses only one percent of territory since start of airstrikes

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October 22nd, 2014 - 09:54 GMT

Pentagon warns of "tenuous" situation in Kobani

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October 16th, 2014 - 11:03 GMT

U.S. warns Kobani could fall to IS militants

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October 16th, 2014 - 06:43 GMT

Pentagon: airstrikes near Kobani have killed hundreds of IS militants

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October 9th, 2014 - 08:28 GMT

Turkey's buffer zone not rejected, but not actively considered - U.S.

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October 4th, 2014 - 03:30 GMT

U.S. strikes in Kobani fail to stave off militants, face limitations

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September 25th, 2014 - 06:14 GMT

UN Security Council backs Obama's fight against Islamic State

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September 23rd, 2014 - 05:41 GMT

US airstrikes hit ISIS inside Syria for first time

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September 21st, 2014 - 07:53 GMT

US to deliver 10 Apache helicopters to Egypt: Pentagon

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August 31st, 2014 - 07:58 GMT

US strikes Islamic State militants in Iraq

Only hours after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry helped broker a 72-hour ceasefire, both Hamas and Israel resumed fighting.

August 1st, 2014 - 05:01 GMT

Palestinian death toll rises as ceasefire crumbles

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July 3rd, 2014 - 09:34 GMT

U.S. confirmes completion of Syrian chemical weapons transfer

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