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One Year after Killing of Baghdadi, What is the State of the Islamic State?

One year ago today, U.S. Special Operations Forces hunted down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest. Core ISIS still has access to hundreds of millions of dollars and maintains connections to middlemen and front companies across the Middle East.

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Dispute with Erdogan in Syria: Putin’s declaration of war

It was a bit quiet for a few months. But now military tensions in the controversial Syrian province of Idlib are on the rise again. The Russian Air Force killed about 80 fighters loyal to Turkey in an attack this week.The attack on a training camp for the Failak al …

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US, Russia Deploy Military Reinforcements to Northeastern Syria

The US-led Global Coalition against ISIS increased its military points and forces deployed east of the Euphrates for the third consecutive day, including in al-Hasakeh and the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The third military convoy of the Global Coalition arrived from the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, through the Semalka border …

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