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CLEAN : Qayyarah base the busy back stage of Mosul offensive
Ambulances speed across the Iraqi base carrying wounded security personnel while others prepare to head to the front lines in the battle to retake Mosul from jihadists
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CLEAN : Iraq forces move to retake Christian town on way to Mosul
Iraqi forces prepared to retake the country's largest Christian town from the Islamic State group on Wednesday a key milestone in their progress towards the jihadists main hub of Mosul
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CLEAN : Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds
US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Sunday to review the ongoing military offensive to retake the jihadist bastion of Mosul
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CLEAN : Paris Bataclan to re open with Sting gig
Sting will re open Paris Bataclan concert hall on November 12 a day before the anniversary of the jihadist attacks that left 90 people dead there the British rock star said Friday
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CLEAN : Iraq pro govt troops advance on village south of Mosul
Iraqi pro government forces advanced on Sunday towards the village of Al Salmani as part of operations to recapture Mosul from the Islamic State jihadists who have been occupying it since 2014
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CLEAN : Sting reopens Bataclan a year after Paris massacre
Rock star Sting reopens the Bataclan the Paris concert hall where jihadists massacred 90 people with a hugely symbolic show to mark the first anniversary of France's bloodiest terror attacks
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CLEAN : Lebanon builds wall near Palestinian refugee camp
Lebanon is building a wall near the country's largest Palestinian refugee camp to prevent jihadists from infiltrating a military source said Monday
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CLEAN : Iraq: IDPs from southwest of Mosul arrive near Qayyarah
Iraqi families displaced from their village of Tal Um Jadaan southwest of Mosul arrived in an area near Qayyarah Saturday during an ongoing operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists
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CLEAN : Iraqi paramilitaries near Tal Afar west of Mosul
Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries advanced on Monday in a desert area near the village of Tall Abtah near of the town of Tal Afar west of Mosul during a broad offencive by Iraq forces...
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CLEAN : Libya: government forces continue sweeping operations in Sirte
Three days after the fall of IS's last remaining stronghold in Libya forces loyal to Libya's UN backed Government of National Accord (GNA) said sweep and clean up operations in the city were ongoing
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CLEAN : Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces advance towards Raqa
A US backed alliance said on Saturday it would launch the second phase of its battle for the Islamic State jihadist group's de facto Syrian capital of Raqa which is east of Aleppo
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CLEAN : Iraq launches assault on IS held west Mosul
Iraqi forces launched an offensive Sunday on jihadists defending Mosul's west bank in what could be the most brutal fighting yet in a four month old operation on the country's second city
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Al Bab, another Syrian city destroyed by the war
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels said Thursday 23 February they had fully captured the town of Al Bab from the Islamic State group marking a key defeat for the jihadists after weeks of heavy fighting
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CLEAN : Civilians continue to flee fighting in northern Syria
Civilians continue to flee the violent fighting between Islamic State group jihadists and pro-Syrian regime forces in northern Syria seeking shelter near the city Manbij held by US-backed forces
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CLEAN : At least three hurt in French school shooting
A heavily armed pupil injured his head teacher and two other people during a shooting at a French high school on Thursday rattling nerves in a country repeatedly the target of jihadist attacks police and officials said
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CLEAN : Eight Brazilians sentenced for plotting jihadist Olympics attack
Eight Brazilians convicted of plotting a jihadist attack on the Rio Olympics last year were sentenced Thursday to between five and 15 years in prison
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CLEAN : Iraq forces press operations agains IS group in west Mosul
Iraqi forces pressed their assault on Islamic State group in the western parts of the city of Mosul still under the jihadists control
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CLEAN : Istanbul demolishes nightclub targeted in New Year attack
Istanbul authorities demolish the Reina nightclub that was hit by a deadly jihadist gun attack on New Year revellers saying the venue had violated Turkish legislation
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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