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How ISIS’ most extreme and violent guerrilla terrorists are fighting to the death to cling onto last major pocket

Article for the SUN newspaper on ISIS’s last major urban stronghold, Hajin that they control in Syria: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7759469/isis-al-hasakah-syria-last-battle-sdf-fighting/

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AN ARTICLE ON ISIS’S MASS BURIAL SITE IN RAQQA

An article for the SUN online on the burial sites in Syria could belong to the victims of murderous ISIS executioner Jihadi John: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6853624/inside-the-hunt-for-jihadi-johns-victims-at-the-bloodsoaked-graves-of-isis-beheading-victims/

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ISIS THREAT TO BRITAIN MORE SEVERE THAN EVER AS MIDDLE EAST STRONGHOLDS CRUMBLE, WIFE OF FOREIGN JIHADI IN SYRIA CLAIMS

An interview for the SUN newspaper with the wife of a foreign ISIS fighter in Ayn Issa, Syria: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4541694/isis-threat-britain-severe-wife-syria-jihadi-claims/

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INTERVIEW ON THE LIBERATION OF TAL-AFAR

An interview on i-24news Daily Dose on the announced by the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi of the liberation of the town of Tal-afar from the so-called Islamic State: https://www.i24news.tv/en/tv/replay/daily-dose/x5z21xz

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THE UPCOMING BATTLE FOR HAWIJA

An article for the SUN on the upcoming battle for ISIS last major stronghold in Iraq Hawija: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4376154/inside-the-battle-for-isiss-last-major-iraqi-stronghold-where-troops-face-fight-to-the-death-against-2000-bloodthirsty-jihadis/

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ARTICLE UNDER SNIPER FIRE INSIDE MOSUL

A Sun article on the offensive in the Western quarter of Mosul, just after they took the airport: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2968493/how-isis-barbarians-are-unleashing-snipers-armed-drones-and-poison-gas-car-bombs-in-fierce-final-defence-of-mosul/

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ARTICLE ON TAL-AFAR AND THE FIGHT AGAINST ISIS IN THE WEST

An article with the Hashd-Al-Shaabi on the fight against ISIS west of Mosul near the town of Tal-afar: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2860099/as-isis-faces-oblivion-in-terror-stronghold-mosul-meet-the-fighters-blitzing-the-fleeing-fanatics-by-blocking-off-their-escape-routes/

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TV INTERVIEW ON MOSUL OPERATION

A FOX news interview on the announced by Iraqi Prime Minster Haider al-Abadi of the start of the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS after 2 years of control by the jihadists. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovw6NnKuKRc[/embedyt]

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FRANCE24 LIVE INTERVIEW ON RAMADI OPERATION

Live Interview with France24 on Iraqi government’s offensive on Ramadi – December 22nd 2015 An update on the Iraqi government’s ground offensive to re-take the city of Ramadi from ISIS militants. Contributor Owen Holdaway interview at 13:00. http://www.france24.com/en/20151222-iraq-army-offensive-recapture-centre-ramadi-islamic-state-group?ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_linkname=editorial&aef_campaign_ref=partage_user&aef_campaign_date=2015-12-22

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