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At least forty people, mostly women and children were killed on Saturday in the latest wave of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes against the last remaining Islamic State-held pocket in Syria near the border with Iraq, the militants and some local residents said. Asked about reports of air strikes in the Buqan …

THE LEVANT – The lightning rise of the Islamic State group is turning it into a magnet for Muslim extremists, as US air strikes in Iraq and Syria help galvanize support for their cause. Little known until its stunning capture of the Iraqi city of Mosul in June, the group …