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Suspected Islamic State militants killed 18 people in Kirkuk on Friday, four days after Iraqi and Kurdish forces started an offensive to take back control of Mosul.
Suspected Islamic State militants killed eight people in Kirkuk on Friday, four days after Iraqi and Kurdish forces started an offensive to take back control of Mosul.
Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad in an offensive to retake the city of Tikrit and the surrounding Sunni Muslim province of Salahuddin. Jillian Kitchener reports.
A massive blast rocks Kobani in northern Syria as a U.S.-led coalition launches yet more air strikes against Islamic State fighters. Gavino Garay reports.
Kabul, Aug 3 (EFE/EPA).- An attack by Islamic state militants on a prison in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province ended around 5 pm on Monday after 22 hours of fighting in which 29 people and the 11 attackers were killed. “The terrorist attack was ended after all 11 attackers were killed in the clearance operation,” provincial governor's spokesperson Attaullah Khogyanai said in a statement. FOOTAGE OF THE AREA.