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ISIS Ends Its Separate Peace With Turkey

The group claims the Reina nightclub massacre—making its war of terror official.
Source: Yagiz Karahan / Reuters

Ever since New Year’s Day, when a gunman killed at least 39 partiers at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, watchers of the Islamic State have engaged in a familiar, morbid countdown. How long until the Islamic State issues a statement taking credit for the attack? This morning, the wait ended with a press release from the group avowing its authorship of the carnage. Turkish newspapers that many of the victims died from

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