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    A U.S. flag hangs on the wall of a Qayara command-and-control center at a coalition air base about 30 miles south of Mosul, Iraq.
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    FACT CHECK: Should Mosul Campaign Have Been A 'Sneak Attack,' As Trump Said?

    Nov 01, 2016
    In the last days of the presidential election, experts are questioning whether Donald Trump's public stances on defense strategy present him as a qualified commander in chief.
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    Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces advance toward Islamic State positions Tuesday in the village of Tob Zawa, about 5 miles from Mosul, Iraq.
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    U.N.: ISIS Is Using Tens Of Thousands Of Civilians As Human Shields In Mosul

    Oct 28, 2016
    The fighters are allegedly killing civilians who refuse to comply with their instructions or who they suspect are loyal to the Iraqi security forces, the U.N. human rights chief says.
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    Iraqi forces are deployed outside Mosul, Iraq, on Monday, during an offensive to retake the city from Islamic State militants. Columns of Iraqi and Kurdish forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes are slowly advancing on Mosul from several directions.
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    Advance On Mosul Continues As Aid Groups Brace For Civilian Casualties

    Oct 18, 2016
    "ISIS, I think, probably wants a humanitarian catastrophe in Mosul," retired Col. Peter Mansoor tells NPR. The International Committee of the Red Cross says it's prepared to assist 270,000 people.
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    A Peshmerga convoy drives toward a frontline on Monday in Khazer, about 19 miles east of Mosul, Iraq.
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    Iraqi Forces Fight Their Way Toward Mosul For Crucial Battle Against ISIS

    Oct 17, 2016
    This is a key moment in the war against ISIS. Mosul — one of Iraq's largest cities — is the last major urban center in the country under ISIS control. It's expected to be a long and difficult fight.
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    A military convoy passes through the Mahmour district as it heads toward eastern Mosul on Saturday.
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    Iraq Embarks On Offensive To Drive ISIS From Mosul

    Oct 16, 2016

    The battle to retake control of the crucial city will be "Iraq's biggest fight," according to the spokesman for the coalition fighting ISIS.

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    L: Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence speaks at a campaign rally Aug. 31 in Phoenix. R: Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine speaks at a campaign event Aug. 1 in Richmond, Va.
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    How The V.P. Nominees Differ From The Tops of Their Tickets

    Oct 02, 2016
    Ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential debate, here is where the two running mates differ on some issues from their party's presidential nominees.
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    Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Estero, Fla., on Monday.
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    Trump: 'Sad' N.Y. Bombing Suspect Gets Quality Medical Care, Lawyer

    Sep 19, 2016
    The suspect in the weekend bombings, 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami of New Jersey, is a U.S. citizen and is afforded legal counsel and due process — under the Constitution.
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    Smoke billows in the Syrian border area, photographed Wednesday from across the border in Karkamis, Turkey.
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    Turkey Launches Airstrikes, Artillery Fire In Cross-Border Incursion Into Syria

    Aug 24, 2016
    Turkey's offensive is the largest military mission of its kind in the Syria conflict to date. It was intended to clear ISIS militants from territory along the border.
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    On Sunday, a man reacts next to the coffin of a victim from Saturday's attack on a wedding party that left more than 50 dead in Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border.
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    Suicide Bombing At Turkish Wedding Pinned On ISIS

    Aug 22, 2016
    No group has claimed responsibility for the attack that killed at least 54 people, but Turkish officials say the device used suggests the Islamic State.
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    An Iraqi man prays in 2015 for his slain relative, at the site of a mass grave, believed to contain the bodies of Iraqi soldiers killed by Islamic State group militants when they overran Camp Speicher military base, in Tikrit, Iraq.
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    Iraq Executes 36 Accused Of Slaying More Than A Thousand Iraqi Soldiers

    Aug 21, 2016
    They were accused of carrying out the 2014 ISIS massacre of over a thousand Iraqi troops. The U.N. discouraged fast-tracking the executions, saying torture may have been used to extract confessions.
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    People react after an explosion in Gaziantep, southeastern Turkey. Gaziantep province Gov. Ali Yerlikaya said the deadly blast, during a wedding near the border with Syria, was a terror attack.
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    Turkish Officials Say At Least 30 Killed, 94 Injured In Wedding Bombing

    Aug 20, 2016
    The blast ripped through the celebration in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday. The Turkish deputy prime minister says the attack appears to have been the work of a suicide bomber.
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    Soldiers stand guard in front of the government secondary school Chibok in 2014 in Chibok. Nigeria.
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    Apparent Boko Haram Video Claims Some Schoolgirls Killed In Nigerian Airstrikes

    Aug 14, 2016
    The ISIS affiliate abducted the girls from a school in Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014, and most are still missing. The case spurred international outrage and prompted the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign.
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    Syrian citizens inspect damaged buildings after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria in July, in a photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC).
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    Rebel Forces Push To End Government Siege Of Northern Syria's Aleppo

    Aug 06, 2016
    A former al-Qaida affiliate and their allies are now poised to besiege the government-held side of the divided city, which could impact more than a million civilians.
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    President Obama speaks to reporters after meeting his National Security Council at the Pentagon on Thursday.
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    'Their Military Defeat Will Not Be Enough': Obama Discusses Efforts To Counter ISIS

    Aug 04, 2016
    Two years ago, "to many observers, ISIL looked invincible," Obama said at the Pentagon on Thursday. But now: "ISIL turns out not to be invincible, they're in fact inevitably going to be defeated."
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    Reports: Dozens Of Civilians Killed In U.S-Led Coalition Strike In Syria

    Jul 21, 2016
    Syria's main opposition group is calling for the coalition to suspend airstrikes against ISIS. Access to the area is restricted, but photos appear to show corpses from strikes near the Turkish border.
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    Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, prime minister of United Arab Emirates, wears traditional dress as he listens to an Emirati employee while visiting al-Maktoum International Airport in Dubai.
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    Emirates Advises Citizens Not To Wear Traditional Dress While Traveling

    Jul 03, 2016
    The new guidance, meant to "preserve their safety," comes after an Emirati man was mistaken for an ISIS member and handcuffed by police in Ohio. He then fainted and was hospitalized.
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    Iraq's Counterterrorism Service released an image showing a destroyed militant vehicle after Coalition and Iraqi security forces targeted Islamic State fighters on Wednesday.
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    VIDEO: Airstrikes Hit ISIS Convoy Fleeing Fallujah

    Jun 30, 2016
    Iraq's Ministry of Defense released dramatic aerial footage apparently showing airstrikes hitting an ISIS convoy on Tuesday. Hundreds of the group's vehicles were reported destroyed in two operations.
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    Bullet impacts are pictured at Istanbul's Ataturk airport on Wednesday, a day after a suicide bombing and gun attack killed more than 40 people.
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    3 Suicide Bombers In Istanbul Attack Were Reportedly Russian, Uzbek, Kyrgyz

    Jun 30, 2016
    A senior Turkish official identified the attackers' nationalities, according to the Dogan News Agency. Police have carried out raids looking for suspects in the attack that killed more than 40 people.
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    Displaced Iraqis from the Fallujah area wait to fill jerrycans with water at a camp  on June 22, 2016.
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    Iraqi Forces Claim Victory Over ISIS In Fallujah

    Jun 26, 2016
    Iraqi forces say they have wrested control of Fallujah from Islamic State militants after nearly 5 weeks of intense fighting. The militant group has controlled the city for the past 2 ½ years.
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    Iraqi security forces advance their positions during heavy fighting against Islamic State group militants in Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday.
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    Iraqi Forces Say They've Pushed ISIS Out Of Key Compound In Fallujah

    Jun 17, 2016
    After days of fierce fighting, Iraqi forces say they've wrested control of Fallujah's main government building from ISIS militants. ISIS has controlled the city for the past 2 1/2 years.
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    A view of buildings ravaged by fighting in Sirte, Libya, in 2011.
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    New Report Details The Horrors Of Life Under ISIS In Sirte, Libya

    May 18, 2016
    Human Rights Watch interviewed 45 Sirte residents for its report, which paints a vivid picture of how ISIS controls every aspect of life. ISIS has benefited from the chaos in Libya.
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    U.S. Navy air wing captains pause on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt last September. Every day, the steam-powered catapult aboard this massive ship flings American fighter jets into the sky, on missions to target the extrem
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    U.S. Army Captain Is Suing Obama Over Legality Of The War Against ISIS

    May 05, 2016
    Capt. Nathan Michael Smith, who is currently on active duty in Kuwait, says he is concerned that an "illegal" war "forces him to violate his oath to 'preserve, protect and defend' the Constitution."
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    Respondents could select up to three factors they believe are motivating other young people to join ISIS. The reasons have been abbreviated; enlarge to see original text.
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    Young Arabs Reject ISIS, Worry About Lack Of Jobs, Poll Finds

    Apr 12, 2016
    A survey of 3,500 Arab youths in the Middle East and North Africa found that most say ISIS is the biggest obstacle facing the Middle East. The threat of terrorism and cost of living are also concerns.
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    ISIS Reportedly Carries Out Mass Kidnapping Of Factory Workers In Syria

    Apr 07, 2016
    There are conflicting stories about how many people were kidnapped from a cement factory near Damascus. A rights group says 170 people were taken, but state media puts that number at more than 300.
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    Pieces of beheaded and mutilated sculptures lie on the ground at the museum of the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, on Thursday. Syrian troops with Russian support recaptured Palmyra last week, after a fierce offensive to retake the city from jihadists wh
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    In Palmyra, Islamic State Left Behind Mass Grave, Destroyed Monuments

    Apr 02, 2016
    Syrian soldiers took the ancient city back from ISIS last week. A mass grave with the bodies of 40 people, 23 of them women and children, was found in the area, according to Syrian media.
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