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Iraqi forces open second front south of Islamic State-held Mosul ASIA

Iraqi forces open second front south of Islamic State-held Mosul

Iraqi forces opened a second front on Saturday in preparation for an assault on the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, a day after government troops declared victory over the militants in Fallujah.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi PM declares victory over Islamic State in Fallujah ARABIA

Iraqi PM declares victory over Islamic State in Fallujah

Iraqi forces on Friday entered the centre of Fallujah, the Iraqi city longest held by Islamic State, nearly four weeks after the start of a U.S.-backed offensive that cleared out the tens of thousands of residents still there.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces take Fallujah government building from Islamic State ASIA

Iraqi forces take Fallujah government building from Islamic State

Iraqi forces recaptured the municipal building in Fallujah from Islamic State militants, the military said, nearly four weeks after the start of a US-backed offensive to retake the city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Obama to meet Saudi deputy crown prince on Friday INTERNATIONAL

Obama to meet Saudi deputy crown prince on Friday

US President Barack Obama will meet with Saudi Arabia's powerful deputy crown prince on Friday and the two are expected to discuss conflicts in the Middle East including the campaign against Islamic State.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Iraqi forces push in Fallujah amid concern over civilians ASIA

Iraqi forces push in Fallujah amid concern over civilians

Iraqi elite forces battled Islamic State group jihadists on Thursday in their bastion of Fallujah, where an aid group says nearly four weeks of fighting have ensnared civilians in a humanitarian disaster.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Bomb kills 10 west of Islamic State's besieged Libyan stronghold ASIA

Bomb kills 10 west of Islamic State's besieged Libyan stronghold

A suicide car bomber hit a Libyan police station west of the besieged Islamic State stronghold of Sirte on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding seven, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Post-Islamic State Iraq should be split in three: top Kurdish official ASIA

Post-Islamic State Iraq should be split in three: top Kurdish official

Once Islamic State is defeated, Iraq should be divided into three separate entities to prevent further sectarian bloodshed, with a state each given to Shia Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Poland to send F-16 jets, soldiers in fight against IS ASIA

Poland to send F-16 jets, soldiers in fight against IS

Poland on Wednesday said it plans to send F-16 fighter jets plus 210 soldiers and military personnel to Iraq and Kuwait to join the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State jihadi group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Libyan forces say Islamic State attacks repelled in battle for Sirte ASIA

Libyan forces say Islamic State attacks repelled in battle for Sirte

Forces backed by Libya's unity government said on Wednesday they had consolidated positions on the edge of Sirte, repelling counter-attacks as they seek to oust Islamic State from its North African stronghold.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Trap tightens on civilians as battles rage in Iraq's Fallujah ASIA

Trap tightens on civilians as battles rage in Iraq's Fallujah

The Islamic State group battled Iraqi forces and held civilians hostage Wednesday to defend its bastion of Fallujah, where three weeks of fighting has forced tens of thousands from their homes.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Damascus says German Special Forces in Syria, Germany denies ASIA

Damascus says German Special Forces in Syria, Germany denies

The Syrian government said on Wednesday that German Special Forces were present, alongside French and American military personnel, in northern Syria, an accusation denied by Germany.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US in touch with France over IS-inspired police killing -White House INTERNATIONAL

US in touch with France over IS-inspired police killing -White House

US officials have been in touch with French authorities about the killing of a French police commander and his partner by a man who may have had an affiliation with Islamic State militants, the White House said on Tuesday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016