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British men who travelled to Syria to join ISIS say they ‘want to be put on trial in the UK’
Two men who left the UK to join so-called Islamic State have told Channel 4 News that they want to return home to face trial.
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Syrian troops recapture largest city yet from Isis
The Syrian army says it has recaptured the strategic city of Deir al-Zour. The city had been held by the extremist Islamic State group for the last three years and was its last major position in Syria after recently losing control of Raqqa. Iraqi forces say they’ve also seized control of a crucial border crossing…
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IS loses power in one-time stronghold of Raqqa
After a five-month onslaught backed by US airstrikes, the Syrian Democratic Forces say they have taken full control of Raqqa from the Islamic State. The western backed troops drove IS fighters from their last holdouts this morning, freeing the remaining civilians who had been trapped inside. IS’s capital was one of the final bastions of…
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Fighting Isis with the tribe of Shammar
In Northern Syria, Kurdish and Arab forces have made major gains against the Islamic State in Raqqa, the capital of their purported Caliphate. The most significant Arab contingent fighting Isis comes from one of the largest tribes in the Middle East – the Shammar.
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Battle for Raqqa: is Isis about to be driven out?
We report from Raqqa: It was the capital of their self-styled caliphate for three years, the base from where the Islamic State terrorised the Middle East and planned violent atrocities across Europe. But now Isis may finally be about to be driven out.
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Channel 4 News headlines, Tues 12 Sept
Syria’s agony: Inside Raqqa – the bitter fight to defeat Islamic state.
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Iraqi forces launch operation to take back the city of Tal Afar
US-backed Iraqi forces have launched a major operation to retake the city of Tal Afar – one of the last cities still held by the Islamic State group in Iraq. The Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has told IS fighters still in the city west of Mosul – they have a choice – ‘surrender or…
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IS commanders killed in Syria
The US military has revealed that it killed three senior Islamic State officials in attacks this month. Contrary to what Jeremy Corbyn has said, a senior US Colonel has told Channel 4 News that in Iraq and Syria the war on terror is working. But as the noose tightens around IS strongholds, the number of…
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Syrian forces make gains against IS
US-backed Syrian fighters say they’ve cut the main road south from the city of Raqqa, a stronghold of the extremist Islamic State group.
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Tackling Isis
Loretta Napoleoni, an expert on terrorist financing who advises several governments and international organisations on counter-terrorism, and the journalist Graeme Wood, who has written extensively about the motivations behind IS.
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Iraqi army takes Mosul University
Iraqi troops backed by the United States have siezed control of Mosul university from so-called Islamic State militants.
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Iraqi army bids to recapture Mosul
The three-month battle to recapture the city of Mosul, the last major stronghold of Islamic State militants in Iraq, is gathering pace.
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The battle for Mosul – one month on
Isis has been accused of committing war crimes as it tries to resist the assault on Mosul which started a month ago. The Chief Executive of Oxfam, Mark Goldring, has just come back from visiting camps housing those who have managed to flee the city and its surrounding villages.
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British actor returns to Syria to fight Isis
A British actor who abandoned his Hollywood career to fight Islamic State has returned to Syria for a second time as a volunteer.
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Failed asylum seeker blows himself up in Germany
A Syrian denied asylum in Germany kills himself and injures 12 others in a suicide bombing – the fourth violent attack in the country in less than a week.