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Iraqi forces claim to enter IS-held Mosul
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 2 (ANI): The Iraqi Army has claimed that its forces have entered the Islamic State (IS)-held Mosul for the first time since the terror outfit overran the city more than two years ago.
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Airstrikes kills 11 ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 31 (ANI): At least 11 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have been killed in a series of airstrikes carried out in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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ISIS executed 232, took thousands as human shields near Mosul: UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C., Oct. 28 (ANI): The United Nations has asserted that the ISIS has executed 232 people and taken thousands of people to use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces near Mosul.
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Mosul offensive: Scores of men, boys killed by ISIS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct. 23 (ANI): The ISIS killed 284 men and boys as Iraqi-led coalition forces closed in on Mosul, the terror group's last major stronghold in Iraq.
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ISIS launches coordinated attack on Kirkuk
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Oct. 21 (ANI): ISIS militants have reportedly carried out coordinated attacks on several security buildings in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.
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Iraqi, Kurdish forces launch assault on ISIS stronghold
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct. 17 (ANI): Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Monday that a military offensive has begun to seize back the Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of ISIS control.
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Syrian rebels capture symbolic ISIS-held Dabiq town
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Oct. 16 (ANI): Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has lost its control over a symbolic stronghold in North Syria.
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Eight ISIS loyalists killed in US drone strikes in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 10 (ANI): At least 20 loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been killed in the United States-led drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Airstrike kills nine ISIS loyalists in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul[Afghanistan], Oct. 8 (ANI): At least nine loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) were killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
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Govt. leaving no stone unturned to try to free ISIS-held Indian hostages:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met the families of 39 Indian nationals held captive in Iraq, and assured them that they are alive. She said the government is leaving no stone unturned to reach out to the stranded people there.
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Six killed, 18 injured in suicide attack in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 25 (ANI): Six people have been killed and 18 others injured after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt on Sunday in Iraq's capital city Baghdad.
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US bombs ISIS chemical weapons plant in Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 14 (ANI): A top US Air Force commander said that they have bombarded an ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) chemical weapons plant that was housed in a converted Iraqi pharmaceutical factory.
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