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NATO Responds to Claims Over Libyan Deaths
Smoke billows after an August 17, 2011 NATO air strike on Tripoli suburb Tajura, the site of a number of military installations. (Mahmud Turkia/AFP/Getty Images) NATO responded to a report that...
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The Politics of ‘Free’ Trade Agreements
Amidst news of the prolonged worldwide recession, new airstrikes, secession attempts, and climate change, international trade — which in 2008 went through its largest crisis in history — has been...
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Syrian Kurds Recover Ground Against Islamic State
MURSITPINAR, Turkey—Bolstered by intensified U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeting militants from the Islamic State group, Kurdish militiamen fought pitched street battles Wednesday with the...
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Syria Kurd Official Asks World for Arms to Defend Kobani
MURSITPINAR, Turkey—Kurdish militiamen are putting up a fierce fight to defend a Syrian town near the border with Turkey but are struggling to repel the Islamic State group, which is advancing and...
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Syrian Kurds Press Hundreds of Young Into Army but Lack Equipment
MURSITPINAR, Turkey—In its battle for the Syrian town of Kobani, the Islamic State group enjoys a key advantage: a supply of weapons, ammunition and fighters shuttling between Syria and Iraq. The...
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Canada Rules Out Syria Airstrikes
MANAMA, Bahrain—Canada has no plans to follow its neighbor the United States in expanding airstrikes against the Islamic State group into Syria, the country’s top diplomat said Saturday during a visit...
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Military Action Against Islamic State: Will Congress Go On Record?
WASHINGTON—Last August, the United States began an attack against the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) that is ongoing today and has resulted in more than 2,000 coalition airstrikes and 3,000...
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Syrian Air Raids Kill 49 in Northwestern Village
BEIRUT—Activists say government airstrikes on a northwestern Syrian village have killed at least 49 people. The Local Coordination Committees says two air raids on the village of Janoudiyeh in Idlib...
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Airstrikes Destroy Part of Yemen’s UNESCO Heritage Site
SANAA, Yemen—Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Shiite rebels and allied forces destroyed historic houses in the Old City of the capital, Sanaa, a UNESCO world heritage site, killing at least five...
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Libya: Unclear If US Strikes Killed Al-Qaida Leader
CAIRO — A Libyan military spokesman said Monday that three foreigners were among a number of militants killed in U.S. airstrikes in eastern Libya, but said it is too early to determine if the target,...
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UK Officials Say British Pilots Have Conducted Syria Strikes
LONDON—British pilots have conducted air strikes on targets in Syria while embedded with other military forces fighting the ISIS, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Friday. Defense officials confirmed...
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Yemen Ground Fighting Rages After Airstrikes Pause
SANAA, Yemen—Shiite rebels and their opponents battled across several provinces Monday after the start of a five-day humanitarian pause in the Saudi-led air campaign, Yemeni officials said. Coalition...
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Yemen Airstrikes Resume; 15 Allied Fighters Killed
SANAA, Yemen—The Saudi-led coalition launched new airstrikes in at least two Yemeni provinces Monday, piercing a humanitarian pause that started at midnight Sunday, security officials and witnesses...
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Official: Turkish Jets Pound PKK Positions in Iraq
ANKARA, Turkey—Turkish jets hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq in a new raid against the separatist group, authorities said Wednesday, as Turkey’s opposition pro-Kurdish party called for an...
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Despite Bombing, ISIS Is No Weaker Than a Year Ago
WASHINGTON—After billions of dollars spent and more than 10,000 extremist fighters killed, the ISIS group is fundamentally no weaker than it was when the U.S.-led bombing campaign began a year ago,...
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Iraqi Kurds Ask Kurdistan Workers Party to ‘Withdraw’
BAGHDAD—Iraq’s Kurdish regional government called on the Kurdistan Worker’s Party to “withdraw” from Iraq’s Kurdish territory Saturday to prevent civilian deaths amid a campaign of Turkish airstrikes...
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Report: US-led Airstrikes in Iraq, Syria Killed Many Civilians
BAGHDAD—U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the ISIS group in Iraq and Syria likely have killed hundreds of civilians, a report by an independent monitoring group said Monday. The coalition had no immediate...
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Activists: Hundreds of Syrian Christians Flee ISIS
BEIRUT—Hundreds of Christian families have fled a central Syrian town as ISIS extremists advance toward it, activists said Saturday, the anniversary of the U.S. beginning airstrikes against the...
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France Considering Airstrikes in Syria Against ISIS
PARIS—France will send reconnaissance flights over Syria beginning Tuesday and is considering airstrikes in the fight against the ISIS group, President Francois Hollande said, calling it necessary to...
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12 Policemen Killed in Bomb Attack in Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey—A roadside bomb killed 12 policemen in eastern Turkey after Turkish jets carried out airstrikes against Kurdish rebels and their camps in northern Iraq, state media reports said Tuesday....
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