US’ CENTCOM supports anti-ISIS ops in Iraq, Syria

Six US-supported operations across Iraq and Syria saw two ISIS operatives killed, weapons seized, and a leader captured.

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Baghdad praises Erbil in coordinating efforts to combat ISIS remnants

Sabah al-Numan, spokesman for Iraq’s commander-in-chief of the armed forces, noted that Baghdad and Erbil work closely together under the Joint Operations Command.  

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Explosion kills three Kurdish-led security personnel in northeastern Syria

The landmine detonated on a security patrol vehicle on the Raqqa-Hasaka Road, announced the Kurdish autonomous administration’s local security forces (Asayish).

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Iraqi airstrike kills two suspected ISIS militants

Two suspected ISIS militants were killed in an Iraqi airstrike in the Balkana mountain range, east of Salahaddin province, authorities said Thursday.

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Security, financial issues halt Sinjar return process for Yazidi IDPs

The relocating of Yazidi people who were forced to flee their native Sinjar during the Islamic State (ISIS) territorial take over of large parts of Iraq has met with myriad complications, with those involved bemoaning a lack of financial support for the initiative.

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SDF announces capture of ‘high-ranking’ ISIS leader in Syria

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) detailed that during the ISIS leader’s arrest, they also confiscated "a significant cache of weapons and ammunition.”

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Iraqi PM discusses security cooperation with US-led coalition commander

The meeting came days after the Iraqi premier said that the coalition forces were operating “solely at an advisory capacity” in Iraq during the Sulaimani Forum.

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SDF clashes with ISIS remnants in eastern Syria

The Kurdish-led forces revealed that they had successfully repelled an Islamic State (ISIS) ambush on Thursday, vowing to continue its campaign against the remaining elements of the exhausted group "under all circumstances and conditions."

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Iraq says arrested four suspected ISIS members, including leader

"During interrogation, they explicitly confessed to their affiliation with the terrorist ISIS gang, their involvement in numerous terrorist attacks against security forces."

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