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Raqqa Civilians Flee Airstrikes as Kurds, Jihadists Clash

Edit Voa News 25 May 2016
counterparts that Turkey will not accept American-backed Kurdish-led forces crossing the Euphrates River to mount assaults on two other IS-held towns, Manbij and Jarabulus. Reports recently suggested the Turks may have been reducing their objections to Kurdish-led forces moving west of the Euphrates, but in a meeting with General Joseph Votel, head of U.S....

Israel-Palestine peace talks process a farce: Analyst

Edit Press TV 25 May 2016
... but more importantly that now what it signifies is that Israel may be now planning to expand her borders outwards, past the West Bank and into these territories which according to the Zionist plan from the beginning, it goes much further than simply the land that exists now but rather incorporates everything between the Nile and Euphrates rivers....

The latest battle in Fallujah is a symbol of the futility of US efforts in Iraq

Edit Vox 25 May 2016
The battle to retake the Iraqi city of Fallujah has begun. 20,000 Iraqi soldiers, backed by US air power and advisers, are attempting to expel some 800 to 1,000 ISIS fighters ... But the question is not whether the US and its allies will win in Fallujah — they always do ... The strategic value of Fallujah is clear. It's only about 40 miles outside of Baghdad along the Euphrates River and controls the main highway to Jordan and Syria ... ....

Update: air strikes against Daesh (MoD - UK Ministry of Defence)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
Daesh terrorists were spotted unloading rockets and mortar projectiles from a number of small boats and a barge on the Euphrates in Anbar province ... A second Tornado flight destroyed two heavy machine-gun positions on the north bank of the Euphrates, downstream from the recently liberated town of Hit ... Other Typhoons, and Tornado GR4s provided close air support to the Iraqi troops operating in the Euphrates valley....

Iraqi army suffers losses with Fallujah assault

Edit Al Jazeera 24 May 2016
Iraqi forces have shelled targets in Fallujah, entering the second day of an assault to retake the city just west of Baghdad ... The assault on the city in Anbar province has resulted in deaths of at least 15 Iraqi soldiers so far ... The city on the Euphrates River had a prewar population of about 300,000 ... Source. Agencies ... ....

United Nations concerned about Fallujah civilians ahead of Iraqi offensive

Edit DNA India 24 May 2016
-->. While Iraqi forces have surrounded Falluja since 2015, it focused most combat operations on ISIS-held territories further west and north. The United Nations (UN) expressed concern about some 50,000 people still in Fallujah as Iraqi government forces clashed with Islamic State (ISIS) militants near the city, a UN spokesman said on Monday ... About 300,000 people lived in the Euphrates River city before the current war ... ....

Iraq claims 'big successes' in bid to recapture Islamic State-held Fallujah

Edit Belfast Telegraph 24 May 2016
Iraq's Prime Minister has hailed "big successes" by troops, hours after launching a military operation to recapture the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah ... Share Go To. Iraqi forces have pushed Islamic State militants out of some agricultural areas outside the city ... Last month, Iraqi forces cleared territory along Anbar's Euphrates river valley after the provincial capital Ramadi was declared fully liberated earlier this year ... ....

Who Are US Allies in Fight Against Islamic State?

Edit Voa News 24 May 2016
is depending on to expel IS from Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto Syrian capital.   U.S ... Both those towns are west of the Euphrates and Turkey has warned Washington that the YPG forces should not cross the river to seize them.     Analysts, too, warn there is little but opportunism underpinning the coalition, and that is storing up problems for the future, they say ... "Most of them are rejects ... U.S....

U.N. fears for 10,000 families trapped in ISIS-held Falluja as Iraq army advances

Edit CNN 24 May 2016
(CNN)The United Nations says it fears for the safety of an estimated 10,000 families trapped in Falluja as Iraqi forces press in to retake the city from ISIS ... And with tens of thousands of residents unable to flee the clutches of ISIS, the U.N ... JUST WATCHED ... Replay ... U.N. ... An American Apache helicopter provides air support while a Marine takes aim after being fired upon by insurgents near the Euphrates River in Ramadi on February 2, 2007 ... ....

Foreign Secretary at EU Foreign Ministers' meeting on counter-Daesh (FCO - UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
Yes, we're seeing an increase in the capability of the Iraqi army and a growing self confidence as they've had success after success, and they are clearing Daesh out of the Euphrates Valley as well as preparing for the longer term goal of an assault on Mosul....

PM spokesman

Edit Indian Express 23 May 2016
Iraqi forces are looking to retake Fallujah from the Islamic State Group ... He did not say when an assault on the jihadist bastion would begin ... Fallujah is almost completely surrounded by Iraqi forces who have regained significant ground in the Anbar province in recent months, including its capital Ramadi further up the Euphrates River valley. ....

Iraq launching offensive against IS in Falluja

Edit RTE 23 May 2016
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the launching of an offensive to retake the city of Falluja after the military told residents yesterday to get ready to leave before fighting started. The city is a stronghold of the self-proclaimed Islamic State group. "Zero hour for the liberation of Falluja has arrived ... About 300,000 people lived in the Euphrates River city before the war. ....

Iraqi forces fight IS near Fallujah

Edit Taipei Times 23 May 2016
Iraqi forces yesterday clashed with Islamic State (IS) militants near Fallujah while bombing central districts in the initial hours of an offensive to retake the militant stronghold just west of Baghdad that could take several weeks ... Iraqi and US officials estimate there are as many as 100,000 civilians still living in Fallujah, a city on the Euphrates River whose population was three times that size before the war ... ....
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