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'Victory' over IS in Mosul to be announced in hours - Iraqi state TV
Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul in the next hours as Islamic State's defensive lines collapse.
Sat Jul 08 2017
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Russia begins Syria air strikes in its biggest Mideast intervention in decades
The airstrikes plunged the four-year-old civil war into a volatile new phase as Vladimir Putin moved to stake out influence.
Thu Oct 01 2015