Media ID: 55338930
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Tribal fighters take part in military training to prepare for fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, at the Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq’s Anbar province, on November 15, 2014. (Reuters)
by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Feb 14, 2015 | Middle East
Anbar, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have now taken control of large parts of the strategic Anbar town of Al-Baghdadi—55 miles west of the provincial capital Ramadi—amid fears that the jihadist group is seeking to overrun the nearby...
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A US Navy F/A-18 Hornet launches off from the flight deck of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Persian Gulf, at sea, 15 August 2014. (EPA/MAZEN MAHDI)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 7, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Reuters—US warplanes launched four air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants threatening western Iraq’s Haditha Dam early on Sunday, witnesses and senior officials said, broadening Washington’s campaign against the...
