Thousands of Syrian Kurds flee from ISIS militants into Turkey
On Saturday, the Observatory said 300 Kurdish fighters had entered Syria from Turkey to reinforce the Syrian Kurdish People`s Protection Units (YPG) fighting IS.People of all ages were among those seeking shelter in Turkey, including a child clutching.
Wounded Kurdish soldiers fighting Islamic State at Kobani die after being.
With medical supplies depleted in the war-ravaged north Syrian town of Kobani, Kurdish activist Blesa Omar rushed three comrades wounded in battle against Islamic State fighters straight to the border to dispatch them to a Turkish hospital... Ali.
US conducts fourth food, water drop for Iraqi Yazidis stranded in mountains
The announcement followed spectacular gains made by the jihadists, who seized the countrys largest dam and advanced within striking distance of the Kurdish capital. Obama also justified the return by the risk of an impending genocide against the.
Kenya kills al Shabaab militants after bus ambush; bodies of 28 killed arrives.
Somalias Islamist al Shabaab militants have claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, when gunmen ordered passengers on the bus to recite Koran verses and shot dead non-Muslims - 19 men and nine women - who could not. The group. Our.
Kurds advance on key Iraq dam, Sunni tribesmen hit Islamic State jihadists
BAGHDAD: Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes pushed back jihadists around Iraqs largest dam on Sunday, as Sunni Arab tribesmen and security forces fought the militants west of Baghdad. Two months of violence have brought Iraq to the brink of .
Fate of abducted Syrian Christians unclear; Syria clashes continue
BEIRUT: Islamic State group militants have moved a large group of Christian hostages to a city they control in northeastern Syria, while they continue to battle Kurdish and Christian militiamen for control of a chain of villages along the Khabur River.
Images of Iraq genocide: ISIL militants execute hundreds of soldiers in mass.
Dozens of Iraqi security forces members are said to have been executed in mass killings conducted by militants from the jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to photographs posted on an Islamist website. According to.
How To Turn Off The ISIS Tap
Ransoming captured and kidnapped opponents, landowners, merchants and western journalists is another small fiscal source just as for Boko Haram in Nigeria. Funds for equipment and fighters came on a much larger scale from Sunni donors in Gulf nations .
300 Kurdish civilians kidnapped by Islamist fighters
Beirut, Apr 6 Islamist fighters today kidnapped some 300 Kurdish civilians at a checkpoint in northwestern Syria, holding them several hours before setting them free, Kurdish officials and a monitor said. Newaf Khalil, a spokesman for the Kurdish.
Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive: Iraq human rights.
Some 300 women were kidnapped as slaves, he added. We have. Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled for their lives after Kurdish fighters abandoned them in the face of Islamic State militants, and are trapped on a mountain near Sinjar at risk of.
Islamic State executed 700 people from Syrian tribe: Monitoring group
BEIRUT/AMMAN: The Islamic State militant group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past two weeks, the majority of them civilians, a human rights monitoring group and activists said on Saturday.
India, Pak only stakeholders in Kashmir issue: MEA
When the protesters began throwing stones at the police while reaching within 300 metre of the two buildings, the police opened fire, killing three persons and injuring six, police said. Golaghat. Also civilians were injured in stone-pelting by the.
US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, Obama says
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said the United States is sending up to 300 military advisers to help Iraqi forces stem violent sectarian fighting and is prepared to take targeted military actions if they would help fight the growing threat from.
Hundreds of Indians Trapped in Iraqs Najaf: Amnesty
Amnesty International India today claimed that fresh evidence has emerged about hundreds of Indians stranded in Najaf province of crisis-hit Iraq. With fighting between state forces and armed groups intensifying and affecting civilians across Iraq, the .
300 Kurdish civilians kidnapped by Islamist fighters. - India
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Prez Obama writes secret letter to Irans Khamenei
Iraqi Kurdish forces enter Syria to fight Islamic State October 31. US President Barack Obama has written a secret letter to Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to seek his support for the military campaign against the Islamic State.
Iraq jihadists take Syria-border post in drive for caliphate
ANBAR (Iraq): Sunni jihadists seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria frontier, security sources said on Saturday, smashing a line drawn by colonial powers almost a century ago with the aim of creating an Islamic caliphate stretching from the.