Islamic State

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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The new arrivals have pushed the camp's population to over 56,000, exacerbating already dire conditions
Civilians stream out of last IS stronghold
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The loss of Baghouz, which the SDF says is only days away, would carry mostly symbolic value.
SDF pounds IS holdout
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Hareth Najem, an Iraqi orphan lies under a blanket in a truck, near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 1, 2019. Picture taken March 1, 2019.
Children escape IS-held village, wounded and alone
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Fighters of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand together near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 1, 2019.
IS faces defeat in only territory it has left
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Saddam, (R) a 15 year old Yazidi boy and ten other Yazidi children gather in a area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, after fleeing the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz, on February 23, 2019.Saddam, (R) a 15 year old Yezidi boy and ten other Yezidi children gather in a area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, after fleeing the Islami
Yazidi children carry trauma of IS 'caliphate'
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A girl takes a stack of bread from a fighter of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria February 27, 2019.
SDF launches assault on final IS holdout in Syria
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