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  • Iraq declares end of caliphate after capture of Mosul mosque

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mi...+World+News%29


    MOSUL/ERBIL, Iraq After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of Islamic State de facto capital Mosul, and the prime minister declared the group's self-styled caliphate at an end.

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    Isis last escape route from Raqqa cut off by US-backed SDF fighters, says Syrian monitoring group

    (Britain)Defence Secretary says momentum towards Isis defeat is irreversible
    US-backed forces have completely surrounded the Isis-held city of Raqqa in Syria after cutting off militants last remaining escape route, monitors have said.

    The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had succeeded in completely encircling the groups largest stronghold.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7814861.html

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      Which makes this meeting very interesting as the main subject will be moving away from ISIS and back to Assad and Syria.

      Kremlin: Putin, Trump to meet on sidelines of G20 summit
      https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN19K1N1

      Donald Trump has told White House aides to come up with possible concessions to offer as bargaining chips in his planned meeting next week with Vladimir Putin, according to two former officials familiar with the preparations.
      https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-putin-meeting

      But it must be remembered the reason Putin has done all this, his real goal.

      Mattis accuses Putin of mischief, reaffirms US commitment to NATO

      http://wedg.millenniumweekend.or...cuses-putin-of
      Last edited by SAT; 06-29-2017, 01:09 PM.

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