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Syria/Iraq News - Mar 28, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 27 March 2016

Syrian army retakes ancient Palmyra in major victory over Islamic State, the town is known as the 'Pearl of the Desert' - Yahoo News

Encircled: Syrian army poised to storm key Christian town Qariatein near Palmyra - Sputnik International

Russian air force made 40 flights over Palmyra in last 24 hours, destroyed 8 terrorist command centers - Sputnik International

Palmyra Liberation: Syrian army officer reveals details of operation - Sputnik International

Retaking of Palmyra a huge morale boost for Syrian army - irishtimes.com

VIDEO: Liberation of Palmyra: Awesome footage from drone - liveleak.com

List of Syrian army advances since Russian intervention - AFP

President al-Assad: Palmyra achievement proves army strategy more effective than US-led coalition efforts – Syrian Arab News Agency

Putin congratulates Assad on Palmyra liberation - Sputnik International

UN chief Ban hails removal of Islamic State from Syria's Palmyra - AFP

Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches of Islamic State? - The Independent

Syria antiquities chief: Palmyra ruins generally 'in good shape', Islamic State destroyed the grand Temple of Bel, the shrine of Baal Shamin and several funerary towers - AFP

Palmyra National Museum completely plundered, artifacts partly destroyed - Sputnik International

Preserving Syria's threatened treasures in digital - France 24

In Syria, militias armed by the Pentagon fight those armed by the CIA - LA Times

Book review: ‘Syria Burning’ suggests U.S. stoked the flames - freep.com

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Thousands of Iraqis flee fighting south of Mosul in new front by the Iraqi army against Islamic State - AFP

VIDEO(English Subtitles): People leave homes in Mosul by car - YouTube

VIDEO (English Subtitles): Men, women and children fleeing the Islamic State-controlled areas to the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil - L iveleak

Iraqi forces make slow progress south of Mosul - Reuters

Tentative push for Mosul reveal's Iraq army's failings - The National

VIDEO (English Subtitles): Makhmour clashes fail to achieve Iraqi army objectives to capture key villages before any thrust into Mosul - Rudaw

The Pentagon is planning to send more combat troops into Iraq to enable operations in Mosul - militarytimes.com

Air force moves to replenish bomb stockpile drained by Islamic State fight - defensetech.org

Iraq: Islamic State imposes curfew on residents of Mosul - AhlulBayt News Agency

Islamic State executes 12 of its members’ relatives in Mosul over intel links: report - Al Arabiya English

Islamic State executioner killed by assassins in occupied Iraqi city of Mosul - ibtimes.co.uk

The Battle for Mosul and the Future of Islamic State - huffingtonpost.com

Trump would consider halting U.S. oil purchases from Saudi Arabia unless it provides troops to fight Islamic State - yahoo.com

VIDEO: Obama weekly address: Defeating Islamic State - YouTube

Islamic State chief executioner says Brussels was ‘just a taste' of what terrorists are planning in horrifying new video - Mirror Online

VIDEO: Official Islamic State threat video says Brussels is 'just a taste' - YouTube

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