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Watch a US-led airstrike wipe out a major ISIS revenue source in the heart of...

Iraqi forces continue to battle ISIS neighborhood by neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and ISIS' last stronghold in the country.In neighboring Syria, progress against the terrorist...

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ISIS is making $200 million from stolen ancient artifacts

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq are netting between $150 million and $200 million per year from illicit trade in plundered antiquities, Russia's ambassador to the...

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A 2,000-year-old monument destroyed by ISIS has been recreated in London

A replica of the Arch of Triumph that was destroyed by ISIS in Palmyra, Syria, is now on display for three days in London's Trafalgar Square.The marble structure — designed by the US-based Institute of...

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Assad reportedly struck an ominous deal with ISIS to recapture Palmyra

New documents obtained by Sky News revealed that the Syrian government's recapture of the ancient city of Palmyra from Islamic State militants was apparently part of a pre-arranged deal that allowed...

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A Russian orchestra threw a surprise concert in the ancient city of Palmyra

Russia's Mariinsky Orchestra performed in the amphitheatre of the Syrian city of Palmyra. Vladimir Putin watched via video link.Produced by Claudia RomeoJoin the conversation about this story »

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Russian orchestra performs amid Syria's ruins as airstrike nearby kills 28

A renowned Russian conductor led a triumphant concert Thursday in the ruins of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, once terrorized by the Islamic State group, even as an airstrike on a refugee camp in...

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Russia is building a new army base at a famous archaeological site in Syria

BEIRUT –  The Russian military is constructing a new army base in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, within the protected zone that holds the archaeological site listed by UNESCO as a world heritage...

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Humanity's most ancient cultural sites are being destroyed by extremists

The world community has yet to find an adequate response to cultural destruction as shown by the deliberate wrecking of ancient sites in Syria and Mali by Islamist radicals, the head of the UN's...

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Watch a US-led airstrike wipe out a major ISIS revenue source in the heart of...

Iraqi forces continue to battle ISIS neighborhood by neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city and ISIS' last stronghold in the country.In neighboring Syria, progress against the terrorist...

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ISIS militants have re-entered Palmyra after heavy fighting

AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants on Saturday captured most of Palmyra after breaking through Syrian army defenses and securing the heights around the ancient city in eastern Syria following a...

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'The final phase': The Syrian regime is close to breaking the back of the...

Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) - The Syrian army captured a major district of Aleppo on Monday from rebel fighters, now confined to a small pocket of their former bastion in the city's east.President Bashar...

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The Kremlin blames the lack of US cooperation for ISIS re-entering Palmyra

Moscow (AFP) - The Kremlin on Monday deplored the lack of cooperation with the United States in Palmyra after Islamic State jihadists re-entered the ancient Syrian city over the weekend."We regret that...

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US: Syrian forces took their eyes off the ball and now ISIS may have air...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. general leading the fight against the Islamic State group says the militants got control of military equipment and weapons, possibly including air defense equipment, when...

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The US-led coalition mounted a daytime raid to destroy weapons ISIS captured...

As heavy fighting continues in ISIS' last Iraqi stronghold in Mosul, the terrorist group's forces retook the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.The recapture of Palmyra comes just a few months...

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'Leave the ... quagmire to the West': ISIS may have been 'the big winner from...

Paris (AFP) — The Syrian regime's all-out offensive to recapture Aleppo enabled the Islamic State group to regain territory elsewhere, including the historic city of Palmyra, and has dimmed prospects...

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New drone footage shows ISIS' destruction of treasured monuments in Syrian...

Moscow (AFP) - Russia's military on Monday released drone footage showing more destruction of treasured monuments by the Islamic State in Syria's Palmyra since jihadists recaptured the UNESCO World...

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Syrian army could take back one of the world's most historic cities, Palmyra,...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Russian-backed Syrian government forces will enter the Islamic State-held city of Palmyra "very soon", a Syrian military source said on Wednesday, as government forces seek to win...

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Russia summoned the Israeli ambassador over airstrike Syria says helped ISIS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Israel's Ambassador to Moscow to protest an Israeli military strike near the Syrian city of Palmyra, news agency Interfax quoted a ministry...

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Russia underreported its amount of casualties in the fight to recapture...

GELENDZHIK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's force in Syria has suffered losses since late January more than three times higher than the official toll, according to evidence gathered by Reuters, a tally...

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ISIS is going scorched earth as it loses ground in Iraq and Syria

CAIRO (Reuters) - As Islamic State loses ground in Iraq and Syria, the Sunni militant group which once held territory amounting to a third of those countries is turning to sabotage to ensure its...

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