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8 July

Peshmerga soldiers disassemble a Milan anti- tank missile system

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Germany rejects US request to deploy ground troops in Syria

Germany said had no plans to send ground troops to Syria, refusing a US request to ramp up its military involvement in the fight against ISIS

8 July

Iraqi Army soldier signals for others to move forward

Staff Writer With AFP

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Iraq launches ‘Will of Victory’ operation against ISIS sleeper cells near Syrian border

Iraq's military announced an operation to secure the desert near the Syrian border, amid fears ISIS sleeper cells are using the area to regroup

6 July

ISIS fighters and their families are evacuated from Baghuz, Syria

Opinion Editor

If the world really wants to defeat ISIS, it needs to listen to North East Syria

The organizers of the International Forum on ISIS hope to shed light on the next steps against the resurgent terror group in northeast Syria

5 July

Staff Writer With AFP

Car bomb in southern Turkey kills 3 Syrian nationals

At least three people were killed on Friday, July 5 after a car blast in the Turkish town of Reyhanli close to the Syrian border, state media reported. Two others were also injured, state news agency Anadolu said, as ambulances and police were rushed to the scene. The governor of Hatay province, where Reyhanli is located, Rahmi Dogan, told Anadolu that the cause of the explosion was not yet known. “The initial findings suggest there may be more of a link with terror,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters in Istanbul. “It is clear there was a bomb in the car,” he said. Three people were killed, all Syrian nationals, Erdogan said. “Our colleagues are looking into who was behind this,” he said in televised comments, adding the government would provide more information in a few hours. The blast took place less than a kilometer from the Reyhanli district governor’s office around 1000 GMT, Anadolu reported. Images in Turkish media showed thick black smoke and flames from the car as firefighters fought the blaze. A twin car bombing blamed on pro-Damascus groups in May 2013 in Reyhanli killed over 50 people in one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey’s modern …

3 July

Iraqi Army and Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units of Iraq)

Opinion Editor

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Popular Mobilization Force reform in Iraq: Reintegration or consolidation of militia power?

Mahdi's plan to reform the Popular Mobilization Units will either reduce the risk from militias or dangerously consolidate their power in Iraq, Michael Knights says

3 July

Staff Writer With AFP