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2014 |
| Oct.19 |
Kobane: US drops arms and aid to Kurds battling IS
Aleppo: US military aircraft have dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (IS) militants in the key...
| Oct.10 |
Iraq appeals for help in Anbar. Baghdad
| Aug.12 |
US sends more military advisors to Iraq Washington: The US is sending 130 more military advisors to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says
| Aug.8 |
US aid drop follows fresh Iraq raids
Northern Iraq: The US has conducted its second air-drop of food and water to thousands of Iraqis hiding in mountains from jihadist fighters, the Pentagon s...
| Jun.24 |
US forces arrive in Baghdad to advise Iraqi troops
| Jun.18 |
Iraq asks US to launch airstrikes against militants
Baghdad: Iraq has formally called on the United States to launch air strikes against jihadist militants who have seized several key cities
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2015 |
| Jun.11 |
US spending on Islamic State fight totals $2.7bn. Washington
2014 |
| Sep.9 |
Obama briefs Congress leaders on fight with IS. U.S. Congress
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2014 |
| Jun.29 |
ISIS declares new Islamic caliphate 
Iraq: The Al Qaeda breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state | |
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2014 |
| Nov.13 |
PM: Powers will target UK jihadists |
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2014 |
| Sep.18 |
British journalist, now ISIS hostage, sends message. United Kingdom
| Aug.21 |
ISIS militants threatened to kill journalist in email to family
USA: In the days before journalist James Foley was brutally beheaded by a member of ISIS, an e-mail sent to Foley's family threatened his executi...
| Aug.19 |
Video shows ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley Northern Iraq: A video shows the beheading and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq
James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – August 19, 2014) was an American freelance journalist and photojournalist of the Syrian Civil War when he was abducted on November 22, 2012 in northwestern Syria. Foley is the first American citizen to be killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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2014 |
| Sep.10 |
Obama threatens action in Syria
Washington: US President Barack Obama says he will not hesitate to take action against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria as well as Iraq
| Aug.23 |
UN warns of possible Amerli 'massacre'. Northern Iraq
| Aug.21 |
Islamic State militants pose 'biggest threat' to US
Washington: Islamic State militants are the most dangerous threat the US has faced in recent years, Washington has warned
| Aug.9 |
Iraq crisis: No quick fix, Barack Obama warns. Washington
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2014 |
| Oct.24 |
Turkey: 200 Peshmerga will join Syrian Kurds' fight for Kobani A deal has been reached for 200 Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces to pass through Turkey to help Syrian Kurdish fighters in the besieged town
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2015 |
| Nov.16 |
Paris attacks: IS are 'psychopathic monsters', says Kerry
2014 |
| Sep.12 |
John Kerry visits Egypt for coalition talks. Cairo
| Jun.24 |
US urges unity to expel Iraq rebels. Kurdistan
| Jun.23 |
Kerry holds talks in Iraq as more cities fall to ISIS militants
Baghdad: As radical Sunni militants snatch city after city in their march toward Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Iraq
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| Nov.2 |
Mosul battle: Militiamen 'torture' IS suspects on city outskirts
2014 |
| Oct.12 |
ISIS justified the enslavement of women. Arab Countries
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2015 |
| Jul.26 |
Turkey calls Nato talks on IS and PKK
Turkey has called a special meeting of Nato ambassadors to discuss military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group and PKK Kurdish ...
| Jun.1 |
Anti-IS coalition to discuss strategy at Paris meeting
| Jan.21 |
US-led coalition considers ISIS threat. London
2014 |
| Sep.14 |
Islamic State crisis: Kerry to lead talks in Paris
Secretary of State John Kerry will meet foreign ministers from around the world in Paris on Monday to discuss how to defeat ISIS militants
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2015 |
| Feb.18 |
Libya urges UN to lift arms embargo to tackle IS. UN Security Council
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2015 |
| Oct.25 |
US-led invasion of Iraq played role in rise of ISIS, Tony Blair says. London
| Sep.27 |
Russia wants 'co-ordination' against IS. Moscow
| Jun.10 |
PM Tony Abbott urges regional action against IS Sydney: Australian Prime Minister has urged Asia Pacific nations to fight jihadist groups, saying Islamic State (IS) has global ambitions
| Jan.24 |
Japan PM Abe condemns hostage 'death' video
Tokyo: Prime minister has condemned as 'outrageous and unacceptable' a video declaring the murder of hostage Haruna Yukawa by Islamic State
2014 |
| Sep.29 |
Netanyahu addresses Islamic terror in speech to UN UN Gen. Assembly: Israeli Prime Minister had high praise for Obama for leading the coalition attacking Islamic militants in Syria
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Embattled PM Nouri Maliki in show of force. Baghdad
| Jul.5 |
Isis chief appears in first video
Mosul: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamist militant group Isis, has called on Muslims to obey him, in his first video sermon
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2016 |
| Jul.23 |
Kabul explosion: Islamic State 'admits attack on Hazara protest'
Map of Deh Mazang square Kabul Afghanistan So-called Islamic State has said it was behind an attack on Shia Hazara minority protest march, that killed 80 people and wounded 230 | |
2014 |
| Oct.8 |
19 die as violent protests over ISIS sweep Turkey
Map of Diyarbakir Turkey As ISIS militants seem poised to take the strategic city of Kobani at the Turkish-Syrian border, violent protests have broken out in Turkey
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2016 |
| Jan.21 |
France to keep state of emergency 'until IS defeated'. Paris
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2014 |
| Oct.26 |
Women on front lines in Syria, Iraq against IS. Northern Syria
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2016 |
| Jul.23 |
Afghanistan mourns protest bombing victims. Kabul
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2015 |
| Dec.2 |
MPs authorise UK action against Islamic State. London
2014 |
| Oct.2 |
Turkish lawmakers OK military action against ISIS
Turkey: The Turkish Parliament voted 298-98 to authorize military force in Syria and Iraq, joining a growing international coalition against the mil...
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Crisis worsens, Iraq's parliament to meet. Baghdad
| Jun.18 |
Obama 'to bypass Congress over Iraq'. Washington