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                    [Title] => US-backed coalition seizes major dam in Syria from IS
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A US-backed coalition of rebels in Syria — including Syrian Kurdish, Arab and Christian groups — has captured a major dam on the Euphrates River in the north from the Islamic State group.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-26 15:52:12 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1515761 [Title] => Defense chief: US to step up strikes, ground raids on IS [Summary] =>

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said yesterday that the US plans to step up its attacks against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, possibly escalating American action on the ground.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-27 17:26:25 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1510239 [Title] => Activists: Syria troops advance under Russian air cover [Summary] =>

Russian jets intensified their airstrikes yesterday in a central Syrian province as government and allied troops pushed out insurgents from local villages to expand their control of the area, activists and a military statement said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-12 15:22:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1493621 [Title] => Pentagon: IS hacker killed in US strike also was recruiter [Summary] =>

The U.S. military says the Islamic State group hacker killed in a U.S. airstrike in Syria had been recruiting sympathizers in the West to carry out "lone wolf" terrorist attacks.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-28 13:11:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1702728 [AuthorName] => Robert Burns [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150829/Coalition-Airstrike-Syria-ISIS.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1480473 [Title] => Australian IS nurse faces prosecution on return to Sydney [Summary] =>

An Australian nurse who has said he was forced by the Islamic State movement to work as a medic in Syria faces prosecution under counterterrorism laws when he returns to Sydney on Friday, police said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-07-23 19:34:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704684 [AuthorName] => Rod McGuirk [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://wpc.E0AD.edgecastcdn.net/00E0AD/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150724/Italy-arrests-terror.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1437387 [Title] => Both Islamic State group, Syria government slow down aid: UN [Summary] =>

A new UN report says the delivery of aid to millions inside Syria is becoming even more difficult as the Islamic State group closes down humanitarian efforts and Syria's government puts more obstacles in the way.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-25 07:00:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1432413 [Title] => IS video purports to show killing of alleged Israeli spy [Summary] =>

The Islamic State group released a video Tuesday that purports to show the killing of a Palestinian man accused of being a spy for Israeli intelligence.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-11 09:09:14 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1420062 [Title] => Purported IS video shows Jordan pilot burned to death [Summary] =>

A video released online yesterday purportedly shows a Jordanian pilot captured by the Islamic State extremist group being burned to death.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-04 01:57:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1397888 [Title] => Coalition airstrikes pound IS stronghold in Syria [Summary] =>

US-led coalition warplanes carried out as many as 30 airstrikes overnight against Islamic State militants in and around the group's de facto capital in northeastern Syria, activists said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-01 03:51:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1395712 [Title] => Islamic State group recruits, exploits children [Summary] =>

Teenagers carrying weapons stand at checkpoints and busy intersections in Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul. Patched onto the left arms of their black uniforms are the logos of the Islamic Police.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-25 09:29:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796237 [AuthorName] => Zeina Karam [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141125/islamic-state-children.jpg ) ) )
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