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Coalition-backed forces push into Syria’s Kahbur River valley Posted: 09 Sep 2017 08:25 AM PDT The US-led coalition has announced a new offensive against the Islamic State in eastern Syria. The offensive, named “Operation Jazeera Storm,” aims to clear the so-called caliphate out of territory north of the city of Deir Ezzor.

The IRGC touts drone strikes against the Islamic State Posted: 09 Sep 2017 02:32 AM PDT Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has promoted its drone strikes against the Islamic State near the Iraqi border in Syria. The IRGC says the strikes were carried out as “revenge” for an Iranian soldier who was beheaded by the so-called caliphate.