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IS Ambush Kills 10 Iraqi Forces

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Islamic State group fighters disguised as soldiers ambushed a government convoy in a remote desert region of western Iraq Sunday, killing 10 members of the security forces, commanders said. “Daesh (IS) members armed with assault rifles and rocket launchers attacked civilian and military vehicles carrying soldiers near Rutba,” an army lieutenant colonel said. “They killed … Read more

Trapped Syrians Tell of Misery In No Man’s Land

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A Jordanian army ambulance pulled up at a makeshift clinic a few hundred metres from a desert border camp where tens of thousands of Syrian refugees are trapped in no man’s land. A paramedic clambered out, carrying an emaciated boy around two years old. “Whose child is this?” he shouted as a border guard covered … Read more