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The vicious jihadist group known as ISIS has overrun vast stretches of Syria and Iraq — but it’s beginning to lose ground on Twitter.

Over the past week, Twitter administrators have stepped up their efforts to suspend accounts affiliated with the extremist group, according to experts tracking ISIS on social media and other sources.

Kurds, With U.S. Aid, Push to Take Mosul Dam

U.S. Airstrikes Help Fighters Gain Against Iraqi Militants; a Controversial New Ally

Iraqi Shiites, Sunnis complain U.S. ignoring their plight

They see the United States wading in to protect a favored ally in Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government, but leaving the rest of Iraq to fend for itself since extremists in the Islamic State displaced hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis.

PKK forces have joined the fighting in Iraq, a move some say could boost tension between Turkey and Iraqi Kurds.

Islamic State group 'executes 700' in Syria

Ukraine says its troops make breakthrough in rebel stronghold

Ebola patients flee as Liberia clinic looted

Seventeen sufferers missing after gang attacks Monrovia quarantine centre and reportedly takes contaminated material.

Why it’s so difficult to retain a diverse police force