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Iraq/Syria News - Nov 15, 2014

By bartolo - Posted on 14 November 2014

Islamic State advances halted in some areas of Iraq, U.S. defense officials say - The Washington Post

Iraq retakes strategic oil town of Baiji from jihadists - Daily Mail Online

VIDEO: Islamic State fighters driven out of Iraq's Baiji - YouTube

Has ISIS peaked? Terror group suffers setbacks in Iraq - CNN.com

IS adopting a defensive strategy in Iraq to avoid airstrikes, military says that Iraqi ground troops can "move to offense" - rferl.org

Iraq: ISIS has Trenches,Tunnels and Bomb Shelters to Counter U.S. Air Attacks [VIDEO] - ibtimes.co.in

Hagel says air war against Islamic State will intensify - Al Arabiya News

U.S. Central Command News Release: Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq - Defense.gov

Obama calls for more funds in the fight against ISIS, Key figures highlighted in the 34-page letter (Full text) - whitehouse.gov

Obama seeks human-rights waiver on Islamic State war funds - AP

POLL: Obama’s ISIS war is surprisingly popular in the Arab world - Vox

VIDEO: House considers how to cut off funding from the Islamic State - WashingtonExaminer.com

Qatar, Kuwait could improve anti-terror financing efforts: US Treasury - turkishweekly.net

Iraq's Premier Shakes up His Military - ABC News

Iraq seeks advanced precision-kill weapon systems from US - Army Technology

Baghdad and Kurds Reach Deal on Oil - WSJ

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Hagel discounts targeting Assad in Islamic State fight, “Our military aims in Syria are limited to destroying ISIL’s safe havens” - Chicago Tribune

Full Hagel Statement on the Strategy and Military Campaign Against ISIL Before the House Armed Services Committee - groundreport.com

Canada is at war with ISIS, not Syria, Stephen Harper says - CBC News

Activists say US-led Syria airstrikes kill at least 860: 746 Islamic State militants, 68 members of Nusra Front and 50 civilians - Military.com

US Hits Al-Qaida Militants in Syria for Third Time - ABC News

YPG forces retake control of strategic mountain in Kobani - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Kurds block an Islamic State supply route to Syria's Kobani - Reuters

PYD says ready to cooperate with US against IS to keep control of region - Kurdpress News Aganecy

Opposition Figures Claim ISIS, Nusra Front Agree To Cooperate In Syria - AP

The Islamic State and Jabhat al-Nusra: A Looming Grand Jihadi Alliance? - Syria Comment

Jabhat al-Nusra eyes Idlib for Islamic emirate - Al-Monitor

Video Shows Al Nusra Tanks Pushing North Towards 'Another Kobane’ (VIDEO) - VICE News

UN envoy to Syria De Mistura's focus is on 'Aleppo First' - Al-Monitor

FSA reject UN's Aleppo truce plan - Al Jazeera English

Syrian National Coalition Leader Bahra: De Mistura’s Plan is Unclear - etilaf.org

Red Cross offers to help reconcile warring Syria sides - THE DAILY STAR

Syrian 'hero boy' video faked by Norwegian director - BBC News

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New UN report depicts ‘relentless assault’ on civilians in ISIL-controlled Syria including public beheading, shooting and stoning - United Nations

REPORT: Rule of Terror: Living under ISIS in Syria - United Nations

ISIS denying food, medicine to hundreds of thousands in Syria, UN report says - Fox News

Airstrikes Fail to Slow ISIS' Iraq Killing Spree, Database Suggests - NBC News.com

Iraq: Bomb Blast Kills 15 in Northern Baghdad - ABC News

Islamic State leader claims 'caliphate' has expanded to more countries in new audio message - The Long War Journal

The Islamic State's Archipelago of Provinces - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

AUDIO (Arabic): Islamic State leader Baghdadi's new audio message - gulfup.com

TRANSCRIPT (English): Islamic State leader Baghdadi's new audio message - gulfup.com

A video allegedly showing the leader of the Islamic State getting injured in an airstrike, wearing the same Rolex watch which he wore during his sermon at Mosul (VIDEO) - ibtimes.co.in

Islamic State to mint own Islamic dinar coins in gold, silver and copper - The Guardian

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