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Turkish forces have killed the head of the Islamic State group in Syria

YoopyaMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

Turkish forces have killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an operation in Syria, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Sunday. Recep

Obama and Putin: Awkward moments, few breakthroughs

YoopyaSep 29, 2015July 2, 20230

NEW YORK — U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first formal meeting in more than two years started with an awkward handshake

Islamic State says U.S. hostage killed in air strike in Syria

YoopyaFeb 7, 2015July 8, 20230

(Reuters) – Islamic State said on Friday that an American woman hostage it was holding in Syria was killed when Jordanian fighter jets bombed a

Is Bashar al-Assad Endorsing in the Ward 1 School Board Race? (Hint: No)

YoopyaNov 1, 2014July 15, 20230

Like other fights for seats on the District’s toothless State Board of Education, the Ward 1 SBOE race has become a symbolic battle over larger

Islamic State seizes large areas of Syrian town despite air strikes

YoopyaOct 9, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Islamic State fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani, a monitoring group said on Thursday, as U.S.-led

Islamic State moves into south west of Syrian Kurdish town

YoopyaOct 7, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Islamic State fighters advanced into the south west of the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani overnight, a monitoring group said on Tuesday, taking

Obama: U.S. intelligence underestimated militants in Syria – CBS

YoopyaSep 28, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated Islamic State activity inside Syria, which has become ground zero for jihadists worldwide, President Barack Obama said in a

Islamic State closes in on Syrian town, refugees flood into Turkey

YoopyaSep 22, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Islamic State militants tightened their noose on a northern Syrian border town on Sunday as the United Nations said the number of Syrian

U.S. wins Arab support for Syria/Iraq military campaign

YoopyaSep 12, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – The United States signed up Arab allies on Thursday to a coordinated military campaign against Islamic State fighters, a major step in building

For Assad, U.S. plan will weaken one foe but bolster others

YoopyaSep 12, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – By striking Islamic State in Syria, the United States would be weakening one of President Bashar al-Assad’s major enemies. But the new U.S.