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United States Military Launches Airstrikes on ISIS-Held Iraqi City of Mosul

ISIS hold on Iraqi city of Mosul tenuous following coalition airstrikes BuzzFeed News Investigates The Fight Against ISIS from BuzzFeed Blue United States Central Command announced “precision strikes” were launched against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), targeting buildings from which ISIS fighters had initiated attacks against Iraqi forces. The US military targeted […]

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Hanging Gardens of Nineveh? Why Babylon May Not Be Site of Wonder of the Ancient World

Archaeologists have struggled for years to locate the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the oft-described wonder of the ancient world that housed a tropical garden in the middle of the ancient desert metropolis of Babylon. Now, recent discoveries have shed light on why it is so difficult to find a landmark so prominent in ancient texts […]

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