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Introducing 'ISIS Crisis': The Strategy Board Game the Canadian Military Could Use to Fight the Islamic State | VICE News
A new report from the research wing of the Canadian military suggests that table-top board games could force military planners to think through their decisions in foreign intervention.
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US-backed Syrian fighters take Manbij city, Islamic State's gateway to Europe | VICE News
Some Syrians in the town celebrated by cutting off Islamic State-required beards and burning burqas, while others took part in previously prohibited activities like smoking and dancing.
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Three US allies are now fighting each other in northern Syria | VICE News
The US is now facing a splintering of what was already a shaky coalition of forces who hold wildly varying priorities.
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ISIS child suicide bomber blamed for wedding attack in Turkey that killed 51 | VICE News
Turkey's president says a boy as young as 12 carried out a deadly bombing near the Syrian border in the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep.
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Islamic State rejects proposed surrender deal in besieged city | VICE News
The Islamic State has ignored an offer for its fighters to withdraw safely from the Syrian city of Manbij, and clashes with US-backed forces continued after the offer expired.
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US-led Coalition Troops Seen Near Front Lines of Offensive Against Islamic State in Iraq | VICE News
The sighting comes days after US special operations troops were photographed and videotaped in Syria on the front lines of a major Kurdish-led offensive against the Islamic State.
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Video Footage Emerges of Islamic State Firefight That Killed US Navy SEAL | VICE News
The video allegedly shows the firefight in northern Iraq where Islamic State forces overran Kurdish Peshmerga troops and their American advisors.
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ISIS is still holding nearly 2,000 Yazidi women as slaves | VICE News
Since the Islamic State swept into Sinjar in August, 2014, the women have been treated as property of the group's fighters, who marry, trade, or sell them.