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Iraq air force strikes IS targets in Syria

The Iraqi air force struck members of the Islamic State group inside neighbouring Syria Friday, officials said, adding that the targeted militants were responsible for recent bombings in Baghdad. The strike was announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in a statement and is believed...

Two Turkish soldiers killed in Al-Bab attack

Two Turkish soldiers were killed Friday in a suicide attack in the former ISIS bastion of Al-Bab, the premier said, hours after a suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels outside the Syrian town. "There was a suicide attack which killed two of our soldiers," Binali Yildirim said,...

ISIS attack kills 15 Iraq border guards near Jordan

ISIS carried out an attack on an Iraqi border guard position near Jordan Friday, killing at least 15 guards, officials said. "Daesh launched an attack with a suicide car bomb and gunmen on the 2nd border guard regiment near Trebil," an officer in the border guard told AFP, using an Arabic...