Pentagon Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis recently gave an update on the increasingly successful battle against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. 近日,美国国防部发言人杰夫公布了美方在叙利亚和伊拉克打击IS之战所取得的最新进展。

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HAMMAM ALEEL Every day, thousands of people are fleeing Mosul, Iraq many running as the walls of their homes collapse. Bombs, airstrikes and helicopter attacks rain down in crowded city neighborhoods while Islamic State militants fire at the families

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In 2014, although no one knew it at the time, ISIS had reached its high point. In June of that year, said Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS Brett McGurk, Mosul, a city of nearly 2 million people, fell to ISIS; and it

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The six month campaign by the Iraqi army to take back the city of Mosul from ISIS, is coming to an end. The terrorist group captured Mosul and looked toward capturing Baghdad itself, but has since lost most of Mosul to Iraq's armed forces, and is cli

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The Iraqi army, backed by helicopters, advanced on western Mosul and pushed into the area around the al-Nuri mosque. 伊拉克军队在直升机的支持下,进军到了摩苏尔西部,并推进到了努尔大清真寺(al-Nuri Mosque)。 Taking t

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Though Nineveh and Babylon are gonetheir names are not even on the mapthere are today two big cities on the Tigris that are very much alive, with people living in them. 尽管尼尼微和巴比伦已经不存在了连它们的名字在地图上也找不

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The battle to free the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group lasted nine months. 把伊拉克城市摩苏尔从伊斯兰国手中解放出来的战斗持续了九个月。 The military operation involved hundreds of airstrikes and a d

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As Some Iraqis Flee Fighting, Others Long for Home 一些伊拉克人逃离战乱的同时,另一些却渴望回家 QAYYARAH, IRAQ Fleeing fighting, abandoning their villages, and returning to formerly IS controlled areas, Iraqis are on the move. A

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This is AP news minute. 1. Emergency crews worked Sunday to rescue scores of south Louisiana residents from deadly flooding. Authorities say about 5,000 people are staying in Shelters and that at least 7,000 have been rescued so far. 2. A suspect is

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This is AP news minute. 1. Police say a man accused plowing a car into a crowd enjoying a parade in New Orleans is being investigated for driving while intoxicated. 21 people were hospitalized. Authorities say the crash on Saturday evening sends a st

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AS IT IS 2016-07-12 US Defense Secretary: More Troops to Go to Iraq 美国国防部长:将向伊拉克派遣更多的军队 The United States will deploy 560 more troops to Iraq to help prepare for the fight for Mosul. The Islamic State militant gr

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AS IT IS 2016-03-25 Anti-IS Forces Launch Attacks in Iraq and Syria 伊拉克和叙利亚反击IS势力 Iraqi forces have launched an attack in Mosul and Syrian troops entered Palmyra in an offensive against the Islamic State militant group. On Thurs

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The U.S. and Iraq have agreed on a plan that will send about 600 additional American troops to Iraq to help retake Mosul from Islamic State, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced Wednesday. 美国国防部长卡特星期三宣布,美国和伊拉克

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AS IT IS 2016-04-28 Iraq Declares Fallujah Free of Islamic State 伊拉克宣布费卢杰脱离伊斯兰政权 Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Fallujah from Islamic State fighters after a month of fighting. On Sunday, Iraqi Lieutenant General Abd

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The attacks occurred near the Iranian Embassy, the Foreign Ministry and the Immigration Ministry. Edward Yeranian | Cairo 15 December 2009 An Iraqi man reacts at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, 15 Dec 2009 Iraq police say three blasts

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ALISON STEWART, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: The U.S. ambassador to Iraq is Douglas Silliman, a career foreign service officer who has worked on and off in Iraq since 2011, has previously served as U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, and has held other posts

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Reuters Reporter Stephen Kalin is in Mosul and joins me now via Skype. So, how significant was this moment? Very significant. This is -- we're getting very close to the end of nearly nine-month battle. There are still a small pocket of territory in M

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Iraqs prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, says the operation to retake Mosul from Islamic State is going much faster than expected. 伊拉克总理阿巴迪表示,从伊斯兰国手中收复摩苏尔的行动进展比预期要快得多。 He spoke in

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: Mosul and the start of operations to retake Iraq's second largest city from the Islamic State group. Jeffrey Brown will speak with a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq in a moment, but, first, chief foreign affairs correspondent Marga

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But first: Twin bombings rocked Baghdad early this morning, just days after the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Jeffrey Brown has more. The first attack hit a popular ice cream parlor in the Karrada district of the capital just after m

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