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Raqqa fall ‘critical breakthrough,’ end of Islamic State in sight: Trump

11 months, 26 days ago

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed the defeat of Islamic State fighters in their self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa as “a critical breakthrough” in a worldwide campaign against the militants. On Friday, the…

US-backed forces say have captured Raqqa from IS

1 year ago

BAGHDAD: US-backed forces said Tuesday they had taken full control of Raqqa from the Islamic State group, defeating the last holdouts in the de facto Syrian capital of their now-shattered "caliphate". The Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic…

US-backed forces say operation to retake Raqqa from Islamic State has begun

1 year, 11 months ago

RAQQA: US-backed rebels said on Sunday they were launching an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of Islamic State. The attack ratchets up pressure on the militant group at a critical moment, with its…

Pentagon chief urges ‘isolation operation’ for IS-held Raqqa

1 year, 11 months ago

ARBIL, IRAQ: US defence chief Ashton Carter said on Sunday that an operation to isolate the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqqa should begin in conjunction with the assault on their Iraqi bastion Mosul. "We want to see an isolation…

After Mosul, anti-IS forces should target Raqqa, says US

1 year, 11 months ago

PARIS: The international coalition targeting Islamic State extremists should move on to take the group's headquarters in Raqqa in Syria once the battle in Mosul in Iraq has been won, a top US official said on Friday. Tens of thousands of…

Turkey wants to join US-led operation against Islamic State in Raqqa: Erdogan

2 years, 22 days ago

ISTANBUL: Turkey wants to join the United States in a military operation to push Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, as long as it excludes Kurdish rebel forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Sunday.

London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State dead

2 years, 2 months ago

LONDON: One of three schoolgirls who left London in February 2015 to join the Islamic State militant group has died, her family lawyer told Reuters on Thursday.

U.S.-led coalition needs to take back Mosul and Raqqa: Carter

2 years, 8 months ago

WASHINGTON: The U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State needs to take back the cities Mosul and Raqqa and will use "boots on the ground" as part of its strategy in doing so, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Friday.

Islamic State claims Jakarta attack, targets Indonesia for first time

2 years, 9 months ago

Suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the heart of Indonesia's capital on Thursday and the assault was claimed by Islamic state, the first time the radical group has targeted the world's most populous Muslim nation.

At least 32 Islamic State fighters killed in strikes in Syria’s Raqqa – monitor

2 years, 10 months ago

RAQQA: At least 32 Islamic State fighters were killed and 40 more wounded in Syria's Raqqa province on Sunday, in a series of air strikes believed to be carried out by a U.S.-led coalition targeting the jihadists, a monitoring group said.

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