Islamic State

The SDF has warned that a new phase has begun in anti-IS operations
US-backed SDF chasing IS jihadists in east Syria
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Iraqi fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) stand next to a wall bearing the Islamic State (IS) group flag as they enter the city of al-Qaim, in Iraq's western Anbar province near the Syrian border as they fight against remnant pockets of Islamic State group jihadists on November 3, 2017.
Syrian Kurds call for world court on IS crimes
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A member of the Iraqi forces walks past a mural bearing the logo of the Islamic State (IS) group in a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training centre by the jihadists in the village of Albu Sayf, on the southern outskirts of Mosul.
IS, pioneers of the 'digital caliphate', remain a threat
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A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Syrian Kurds announce demise of IS caliphate
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Islamic State militant positions are ablaze in Baghouz, Syria.
Renewed air strikes pound jihadists in remaining IS territory
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A column of smoke from operations by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Baghouz, the Islamic State group's last pocket of territory in Syria, Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
SDF to declare victory after final IS enclave searched
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Families and relatives of Islamic State militants are seen after they surrender themselves to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in al-Ayadiya, northwest of Tal Afar, Iraq, August 30, 2017.
Children of the Islamic State are forgotten victims
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Islamic State militant positions are ablaze in Baghouz, Syria.
Kurdish forces capture suspects tied to US deaths in Syria
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The SDF said another 520 militants were captured during special operations
Number of IS Syria enclave escapees over 60,000
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Smoke plumes billow from the remains of an Islamic State (IS) group jihadists' camp near the village of Baghouz in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 15, 2019.
SDF remains locked in battle with IS jihadists in Baghouz
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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) wait outside Baghouz, Syria, to go to the front line where Islamic State militants are staging counter attacks, Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Anti-IS Syria force boosted as jihadist holdout shrinks
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U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) soldiers prepare to fire mortars at Islamic State militant positions in Baghouz, Syria, Wednesday, March 13, 2019.
US-backed Syria force continues attack on IS in Baghouz
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At the height of its brutal rule, IS controlled a stretch of land in Syria and Iraq the size of the United Kingdom
End near for last IS Syria bastion
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A man said to be an Islamic State militant, Abu Abd Al-Azeem, speaks in Baghouz, Syria in this still image taken from a video obtained by Reuters March 12, 2019.
Assault on Baghouz 'basically over' but IS remains defiant
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Children sit next to their injured mother near the village of Baghouz, Deir Ezzor province, in Syria March 7, 2019.
IS clings to dregs of 'caliphate' in east Syria
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Civilians who streamed out of the Islamic State group's last Syrian stronghold walk towards a screening point for new arrivals run by US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces outside Baghouz in the eastern Syrian Deir Ezzor province on March 5, 2019.
Survivors stream out of dying IS 'caliphate'
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