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The Newsroom: IS Suffers Major Defeat

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I-S Suffers Major Defeat

03/11/2017 GMT

IS Suffers Major Defeat

BBC World Service - The Newsroom, IS Suffers Major Defeat

Jihadists lose control of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria

Jihadists lose control of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria.

The Islamic State group endures big losses on both sides of the border between Iraq and Syria, shrinking the territory it holds still further. Also: the UN urges Australia to immediately provide food and water to refugees and asylum seekers on a remote island, and does the iPhone X live up to the hype?

(Photo: Smoke billows from  Deir al-Zour. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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