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• Migration deal: Quick start, tough implementation
• 13 Egypt policemen killed in Sinai attack claimed by IS
• Bombing in Turkey: Another chapter in the Kurdish conflict?
• At least 13 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai attack
• IS jihadists kill US marine in Iraq rocket attack
• Islamic State rocket kills U.S. Marine in Iraq: Pentagon
• Marine Killed in Iraq, Other Americans Wounded
• U.S., allies conduct 26 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military
• US service member killed by enemy fire in Iraq
• Airstrikes on IS-held Syrian city kill at least 39
• British captive appears in new IS video
• Iraq forces in major push against IS in Anbar
• Gang member kills South Carolina cop, calls mother, commits suicide
• Today in History
• Turkey holds five over Ankara bombing, hits PKK in Iraq
• UN raises pressure on Syria regime as peace talks end first week
• Radical Iraqi cleric's supporters defy ban for Baghdad sit-in
• Bomb kills policeman in southeast Turkey, embassies warn on security

Migration deal: Quick start, tough implementation Posted: 19 Mar 2016 03:25 PM PDT ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Government officials in Greece signaled Saturday that implementation of a migration agreement between the European Union and Turkey could only occur gradually, with key details still to be worked out on how migrants newly arriving from Turkey will be processed and returned.

13 Egypt policemen killed in Sinai attack claimed by IS Posted: 19 Mar 2016 01:54 PM PDT A mortar attack on a checkpoint in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula killed 13 policemen on Saturday, the interior ministry said in a statement. The Islamic State group (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack, but said in a statement that it had deployed a suicide bomber who blew up a car at the checkpoint, which jihadists then raided. Security officials said five attackers were killed in clashes near the checkpoint after the attack.

Bombing in Turkey: Another chapter in the Kurdish conflict? Posted: 19 Mar 2016 01:53 PM PDT A suicide bomber rocked central Istanbul Saturday, killing himself and four others in a shopping and tourism district, as well as wounding at least 36. The attack is the latest in a wave of bombings plaguing the nation, reportedly carried out both by Kurdish militants and Islamic State, with neither so far claiming responsibility for the latest. Turkey finds itself in an increasingly precarious position, its peace being torn apart largely by the conflict between government forces and the Kurds, but also with the threat from Islamic State, its housing of millions of Syrian refugees, and the repression of dissent.

At least 13 Egyptian policemen killed in Sinai attack Posted: 19 Mar 2016 01:04 PM PDT At least 13 Egyptian policemen were killed in the Sinai Peninsula when Islamist militants fired a mortar round at a security checkpoint in the city of Arish, security and medical sources said on Saturday. Islamic State claimed responsibility on several websites for the attack, and Egyptian state media later confirmed it. Egypt is battling an insurgency that gained pace after its military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's oldest Islamist movement, in mid-2013 following mass protests against his rule.

IS jihadists kill US marine in Iraq rocket attack Posted: 19 Mar 2016 12:26 PM PDT The Islamic State group killed a US marine in a rocket attack in northern Iraq Saturday, the Pentagon said, only the second American combat death in the fight against the jihadists. "Earlier today a US Marine providing force protection fire support at a recently established coalition fire base near Makhmur in northern Iraq was killed after coming under ISIL (IS) rocket fire," a statement said. Makhmur is a district around 70 kilometres (45 miles) southeast of the main IS hub of Mosul and 280 kilometres (170 miles) north of Baghdad.

Islamic State rocket kills U.S. Marine in Iraq: Pentagon Posted: 19 Mar 2016 12:07 PM PDT By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine who was part of the coalition fighting Islamic State was killed in a rocket attack by the militant group in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said in a statement on Saturday. It was the second combat death of an American service member in Iraq since the start of the campaign to fight the militant Islamic State group. The Marine, who was providing force protection fire, died in the rocket attack at a base near Makhmur, a town between the cities of Mosul and Kirkuk, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said.

Marine Killed in Iraq, Other Americans Wounded Posted: 19 Mar 2016 11:53 AM PDT A U.S. Marine was killed in and ISIS attack in northern Iraq today.

U.S., allies conduct 26 strikes against Islamic State: U.S. military Posted: 19 Mar 2016 10:05 AM PDT The United States and its allies targeted Islamic State militants in Iraq with 25 strikes on Friday and one in Syria, the U.S. military said on Saturday. Seven of the strikes in Iraq were near Hit, striking an Islamic State training camp and an improvised explosive device factory. In Syria, the strike destroyed an Islamic State rocket position near Ayn Isa.

US service member killed by enemy fire in Iraq Posted: 19 Mar 2016 08:24 AM PDT BAGHDAD (AP) — A coalition service member was killed Saturday by enemy fire in northern Iraq, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Airstrikes on IS-held Syrian city kill at least 39 Posted: 19 Mar 2016 07:02 AM PDT BEIRUT (AP) — Airstrikes on the northern Syrian city of Raqqa on Saturday killed at least 39 people and wounded many others in an intensified bombardment of the Islamic State group's de facto capital.

British captive appears in new IS video Posted: 19 Mar 2016 01:26 AM PDT British journalist John Cantlie, who is being held prisoner by the Islamic State group, appeared in a new video released Saturday supposedly filmed in the jihadists' Iraqi stronghold of Mosul. It is unclear when it was shot, but Cantlie last appeared in an IS video in early 2015. In Saturday's video, a gaunt-looking Cantlie says he is in Mosul, IS' main city in northern Iraq.

Iraq forces in major push against IS in Anbar Posted: 19 Mar 2016 01:15 AM PDT Iraqi forces have launched a broad offensive to retake the city of Hit from the Islamic State group in the western province of Anbar, a top commander said Saturday. Led by the elite Counter-Terrorism Service, forces from the police, army and local tribal fighters were making a final push to retake Hit, 145 kilometres (90 miles) west of Baghdad. "They have begun a broad operation to liberate Hit and Kubaysa," Major General Ali Ibrahim Daboun, the head of the Al-Jazeera Operations Command, told AFP.

Gang member kills South Carolina cop, calls mother, commits suicide Posted: 18 Mar 2016 09:11 PM PDT The suspect committed suicide moments after firing on officers who were trying to serve him with an arrest warrant at a house in Greenville, South Carolina, Greenville Police Chief Ken Miller told reporters. The department identified the slain officer as Allen Lee Jacobs, 28, an Army veteran who served in Iraq before joining the force in 2011.

Today in History Posted: 18 Mar 2016 09:01 PM PDT Today is Saturday, March 19, the 79th day of 2016. There are 287 days left in the year. Spring arrives at 9:30 p.m. Pacific time / 10:30 p.m. Mountain time / 11:30 p.m. Central time.

Turkey holds five over Ankara bombing, hits PKK in Iraq Posted: 18 Mar 2016 05:00 PM PDT A Turkish court detained five people overnight on suspicion of links to a March 13 suicide bombing in Ankara that killed 35, the Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday. The arrests came just hours before another suicide attack in a busy Istanbul shopping street which killed four and wounded 20, the city governor said. The five people arrested overnight stand accused of "an attack on Turkish unity and on the Turkish people," Anatolia said, citing an Ankara court which ordered the detentions.

UN raises pressure on Syria regime as peace talks end first week Posted: 18 Mar 2016 01:44 PM PDT The UN's Syria envoy on Friday urged Damascus to make concrete proposals on political transition "next week", ratcheting up pressure on the regime to move peace talks in Geneva forward. As he ended a week of negotiations, United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura conceded that he was "still detecting large distances" between the government and main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC). The UN envoy restated his praise of the HNC for submitting a proposal outlining its vision for a new Syrian government.

Radical Iraqi cleric's supporters defy ban for Baghdad sit-in Posted: 18 Mar 2016 08:53 AM PDT Thousands of supporters of prominent Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr defied a government ban Friday to launch sit-ins at the main gates of Baghdad's Green Zone aimed at pushing for reforms. "The sit-ins have started in front of the Green Zone gates as a message to the corrupt people who live there," Ibrahim al-Jaberi, a local official from Sadr's movement, told AFP. The Najaf-based Sadr has called on his supporters to remain in front of the fortified "Green Zone" until his demands are met.

Bomb kills policeman in southeast Turkey, embassies warn on security Posted: 18 Mar 2016 06:40 AM PDT By Seyhmus Cakan DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - A bomb attack by Kurdish militants killed a police officer in southeast Turkey on Friday and another device was defused outside a local government building, as embassies issued security warnings about expected demonstrations this weekend. Turkey has been on high alert since a suicide bombing, claimed by a Kurdish militant group, killed 37 people in the capital Ankara on Sunday. Germany shut down its diplomatic missions and schools in Turkey, while the U.S. and other European embassies warned citizens to be vigilant.

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