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CLEAN : Iraqi forces pound IS positions in West Mosul
Iraqi forces fired mortar shells Wednesday at Islamic State group positions in the western districts of Mosul particularly in the Old City still in the hands of the jihadists after more than 7 months of fighting
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CLEAN : Battle for IS Syria bastion Raqa to begin in days: militia
The battle to capture the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa will begin in days a militia spokeswoman said Saturday after fresh advances by a Kurdish Arab alliance battling the jihadists
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CLEAN : Civilians flee western Mosul amid fighting
Civilians continue to flee Mosul's western Zanjili neighbourhood amid fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State group jihadists
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CLEAN : Iraqi forces launch assault on Mosul Old City (2)
Iraqi forces launched an assault Sunday to retake Mosuls Old City the last district still held by the Islamic State group three years after the jihadists seized the northern city and declared their caliphate
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CLEAN : Iraqi forces launch assault on Mosul Old City
Iraqi forces on Sunday launched an assault to retake Mosul's Old City and push out the Islamic State group three years after the jihadists seized the city and announced their caliphate
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CLEAN : Iraqi forces continue to pound IS group in Mosul Old City (2)
Iraqi forces continued Tuesday to pound cornered jihadists in Mosul's Old City as a months long campaign to expel the Islamic State group from Iraq's second city reaches its climax
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CLEAN : Iraqi forces push deeper into Mosul Old City (3)
Iraqi forces pushed deeper into Mosul's Old City on Monday after launching a final assault on the Islamic State group warning civilians to stay inside and telling jihadists to surrender or die
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CLEAN : Iraqi forces continue to pound IS jihadists in Mosul Old City
Iraqi forces continue Tuesday to pound cornered jihadists in Mosul's Old City as a months long campaign to expel the Islamic State group from Iraq's second city reaches its climax
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CLEAN : IS blows up Mosul mosque where Baghdadi became caliph
Jihadists on Wednesday blew up Mosul's iconic leaning minaret and the adjacent mosque where their leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi declared himself caliph in his only public appearance in 2014 an Iraqi commander said
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CLEAN : Iraq battles last few hundred jihadists in Old Mosul
Iraqi forces were battling the last few hundred jihadists in Mosuls historic centre Sunday as they pressed the final stages of an assault to drive the Islamic State group from the city
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CLEAN : Syria regime forces patrol south of Raqa
Syrian regime forces were patrolling on Sunday on the road leading to al Rasafa village south of Islamic State group held Raqa after they retook the village and its ancient site from the jihadists
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CLEAN : Eight killed in Nigeria suicide bombing: authorities
Eight people were killed on Monday when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a mosque in northeast Nigeria in the latest attack in the restive region
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CLEAN : French defence minister arrives in Mali
French Defence Minister Florence Parly arrives in Gao Mali following time in Chad and Niger the final leg of the tour of the three Sahel countries to assure that French troops in the region will have the means to carry out their mission...
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CLEAN : Lebanon: Syrian refugees to board buses bound for Syria's Idlib
Syrian refugees in Wadi Hamayyed, on the outskirts of Lebanon's northeastern border town of Arsal waited Wednesday to board buses bound for the northwestern Syrian town of Idlib following a ceasefire deal for the restive Syria Lebanon...
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CLEAN : Lebanon army says in final stage of IS border battle
Lebanese people are celebrating in the town of Qaa as members of the Lebanese army return from battling Islamic State jihadists on the country's eastern front that borders Syria
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CLEAN : Syria army breaks years long IS siege on Deir Ezzor
Syria's army broke a years long Islamic State group siege on the government enclave of Deir Ezzor city on Tuesday as it battles to expel the jihadists from a key stronghold
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CLEAN : Turkish forces enter Syria's Idlib province
Turkish forces have entered northwest Syria's largely jihadist controlled Idlib province observers said where Ankara said this week it planned to create a de escalation zone as part of efforts to end the Syrian war
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CLEAN : Third week of Abdelkader Merah's trial wraps up in Paris
The trial of Abdelkader Merah prosecuted for complicity in the attack committed by his brother Mohamed Merah continued in a Paris courthouse Friday
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CLEAN : Iraqi forces advance to edge of final IS bastion Al-Qaim
Iraqi forces on Tuesday battled up to the edge of Al-Qaim, the largest town still held by the Islamic State group in the country as they pushed a final assault on the jihadists
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CLEAN : Mali: A new anti Jihadist force supported by France
Supported particularly by France the new G5 Sahel regional counter terrorism force made up of soldiers from five countries in the region (Mali Niger Mauritania Burkina Faso and Chad) is expected to launch its first operation in the next...
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CLEAN : Judgement day for brother of French Jewish school shooter
A French court will rule on Thursday whether the older brother of a jihadist who shot dead seven people including three French soldiers and three Jewish children in 2012 was complicit in the killings
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CLEAN : Five Argentines from Rosario killed in NY attack
The Argentines killed in the Tuesday truck attack in lower Manhattan were in New York celebrating the 30th anniversary of their graduation from high school
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CLEAN : Brother of French Jewish school shooter gets 20 years for terror
The older brother of a French jihadist who shot dead seven people in Toulouse in 2012 including three Jewish children was given a 20 year jail sentence Thursday after being convicted of a terrorist conspiracy
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: French forces in Mali (2)
Under the name Operation Barkhane France maintains a 4,000-man mission in the Sahel region to shore up fragile neighbouring countries against jihadists who have carried out bloody bombings shootings and kidnappings