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Engineers set to to enter ISIS-held parts of Syria dam

Syrian engineers were expected to carry out urgent maintenance Wednesday on the country's largest dam, where U.S.-backed fighters have been battling ISIS who still control most of it. The maintenance work, which entails opening a spillway to relieve the pressure of water on the dam, will...

Iraqi forces battle toward landmark Mosul mosque

Iraqi special forces and police fought ISIS militants to edge closer to the al-Nuri mosque in western Mosul Wednesday, tightening their control around the landmark site in the battle to recapture Iraq's second city, military commanders said. The close-quarters fighting is focused on the Old...

Drone strike kills 4 Qaeda suspects in Yemen

A drone strike killed four suspected members of Al-Qaeda in south Yemen Wednesday, a security official said, as the United States intensifies air raids on extremists in the war-torn country. Two missiles hit a vehicle on the outskirts of the town of Mudiyah in Abyan province, killing all...