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ISIS Attacks During Ramadan
ISIS has carried out a number of deadly attacks this Ramadan, killing more than 200 people in Baghdad, 44 in Istanbul, and 23 in Dhaka.
Ben Hubbard, Middle Eastern correspondent for The New York Times, discusses the recent violence.
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