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US-backed Syria force closes in on IS-held city; slow Iraq advance causes rift - Reuters Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:03:31 GMT

Reuters

US-backed Syria force closes in on IS-held city; slow Iraq advance causes rift
Reuters
The simultaneous assaults on Manbij in Syria and Falluja in Iraq, at opposite ends of Islamic State territory, are two of the biggest operations yet against Islamic State in what Washington says is the year it hopes to roll back the caliphate. The ...
Saudi Arabia will reap what the US has sown in Iraq and SyriaAl-Arabiya
IS fighting on 4 fronts in Syria, IraqDubuque Telegraph Herald

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Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Targets in Iraq, Syria - Department of Defense Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:58:33 GMT

Sputnik International

Coalition Strikes Hit ISIL Targets in Iraq, Syria
Department of Defense
The strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to eliminate the ISIL terrorist group and the threat they pose to Iraq, Syria, and the wider international community. The destruction of ISIL targets in Syria and Iraq ...
US-Led Coalition Carries Out 22 Anti-Daesh Strikes in Iraq, SyriaSputnik International
8 strikes in Syria, 14 in Iraq target IS -- coalitionKuwait News Agency

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Optimistic Abadi says ISIS will be gone from Iraq by end of year - Rudaw Mon, 06 Jun 2016 18:36:59 GMT

Rudaw

Optimistic Abadi says ISIS will be gone from Iraq by end of year
Rudaw
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region—The Iraqi Prime Minister declared on Monday that the liberation of Fallujah is “imminent” and the Islamic State will be routed from Iraq by the end of the year. His optimism is seemingly contradicted, however, by the facts on ...
Iraq violence: Civilians 'shot by IS as they flee Falluja'BBC News
As US helps Iraqis close in, ISIS lashes outCBS News
Iraq: Bombings kill 15 in and around BaghdadAljazeera.com
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Jordan renews support for Iraq as anti-Daesh fight continues - Jordan Times Mon, 06 Jun 2016 21:45:16 GMT

Jordan renews support for Iraq as anti-Daesh fight continues
Jordan Times
During the meeting at Al Husseiniya Palace, His Majesty asserted the importance of strengthening the brotherly relations with Iraq and supporting its security while it rises to confront challenges. The King stressed Jordan's support to the Iraqi ...

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NPR photojournalist brought viewers to the front lines of Iraq battles - PBS NewsHour Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:31:40 GMT

PBS NewsHour

NPR photojournalist brought viewers to the front lines of Iraq battles
PBS NewsHour
It was August 2004, and the Iraq war was about a year old. Fighting was intense in Sadr City, a suburb of Baghdad, where Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia was battling the U.S. military occupation. NPR photojournalist David Gilkey was embedded with ...

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Donald Trump Questioned About Previous Positions on Libya and Iraq - New York Times Mon, 06 Jun 2016 10:41:10 GMT

New York Times

Donald Trump Questioned About Previous Positions on Libya and Iraq
New York Times
Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in San Jose, Calif., last week. Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times. Donald J. Trump found himself on the defensive on Sunday over his claims that he had opposed the intervention in Libya and the war in Iraq.
CNN's New Day Highlights Trump's Foreign Policy Flip-Flops On Iraq, Libya, And Nuclear WeaponsMedia Matters for America

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Politics May Make or Break Fight Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria - Haaretz Mon, 06 Jun 2016 19:20:01 GMT

Haaretz

Politics May Make or Break Fight Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Haaretz
Politics May Make or Break Fight Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. In Iraq, the military has to navigate between the Iran-backed Shi'ite militias and Kurdish forces in the north. In Syria, the military must persuade Sunni tribes near Raqqa, many of whom ...
The Islamic State's Caliphate In Danger After New Losses In Syria, Iraq and LibyaWestern Journalism

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Iraq War made Tony Blair 'defensive, awkward, self-conscious' individual – ex-PM's ally - RT Mon, 06 Jun 2016 13:00:57 GMT

RT

Iraq War made Tony Blair 'defensive, awkward, self-conscious' individual – ex-PM's ally
RT
The anonymous friend told the Sunday Times Blair is expecting the worst and is already consulting his former advisors on how to respond to the report, which will be published next month. “Iraq has affected him a lot. It has made him into a defensive ...
Tony Blair's spin doctor escapes Iraq inquiry's rebukePress TV
Tony Blair camp readies its defence to Chilcot reportThe Guardian
Spin doctor Alastair Campbell 'clear' of criticism in Chilcot report into Iraq warPoliticsHome.com
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Iraq War vet rules out an independent presidential run - Military Times Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:27:29 GMT

Military Times

Iraq War vet rules out an independent presidential run
Military Times
An Iraq War veteran mulling a third-party presidential bid has dropped out of the race before ever getting in. David French, a former Army Reserve officer working with the “Never Trump” movement, wrote in the conservative National Review on Sunday that ...

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Finding Love On The Battlefield In The Heartbreaking Doc "Out Of Iraq" - NewNowNext Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:44:18 GMT

Finding Love On The Battlefield In The Heartbreaking Doc "Out Of Iraq"
NewNowNext
Co-directed by Eva Orner and Chris McKim and produced by World of Wonder, Out of Iraq has already earned a reputation as a tearjerker after its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last week. At the Annenberg on Saturday there were audible sobs.

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