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LinkSwarm for December 22, 2017

Welcome to a pre-Christmas LinkSwarm! (Pro-tip: The week before Christmas is the bad time to try rolling out a new diet.) Female Kansas City Democratic congressional candidate drops out of race after sexual harassment charge. I’m betting this is the … Continue reading →

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Islamic State All But Destroyed

After having secured the Syrian border, Iraq has declared the war against the Islamic State over. Syria strongman Bashar Assad’s patrons the Russians have likewise declared Syria liberated from the Islamic State as well. Both of these statements are slightly … Continue reading →

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Raqqa Liberated

The onetime capital of the short-lived caliphate of the Islamic Republic of Iraq and Syria has been completely liberated by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces: A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters says it has taken full control … Continue reading →

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Raqqa’s Fall: “Hours or Days”

“Islamic State is on the verge of defeat in Syria’s Raqqa and a deal has been reached to evacuate civilians and Islamic State fighters, but not foreign militants, the U.S-led coalition fighting ISIS said on Saturday.” Here’s the Syria LiveMap … Continue reading →

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Islamic State Update: Hawija Falls, Final Push for Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor Fully Invested

Quick update on the ongoing destruction of the Islamic State. First, “Iraqi forces have driven Islamic State fighters from the northern city of Hawija, the militants’ final urban stronghold in Iraq, three years after they seized control of nearly a … Continue reading →

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Islamic State Near Collapse?

That’s what this headline implies. The truth is a little less dramatic: Raqqa is on the edge of full liberation and the Islamic State is in retreat everywhere else. Static lines of control that held for months in northern Raqqa … Continue reading →

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Possible Conflict Between Assad/Russia and SDF/U.S. Brewing?

Remember how a month ago how almost all the different Syrian factions were concentrating on crushing the last remnants of the Islamic State? Good times, good times. Well the good times may be over, as Russian and Syrian forces launched … Continue reading →

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Islamic State War Update: Deir ez-Zor Relieved, Raqqa Crumbling, Tal Afar Captured

Before we turn our attention to North Korea, there’s still the war against the Islamic State to be won. And there’s lots of significant news there. First, Syrian government forces have just relieved the Islamic State’s three year siege of … Continue reading →

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Battle of Raqqa Grinds On

News from the Battle of Raqqa is hard to come by. U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have reportedly linked up to completely surround Islamic State forces. The Islamic State had already been surrounded on land, but their access to a small … Continue reading →

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The State of the War Against the Islamic State

The coalition of forces fighting the Islamic State continue to make steady advances on a number of fronts: Mosul is liberated, though mop-up operations against tiny pockets of resistance continues. They just pulled 28 mostly foreign born militants out of … Continue reading →

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