Turkish leader says nations fighting ISIL should turn attention to areas other than the Kurdish town in northern Syria. http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2014/10/31/20141031191421483734_20.jpg Erdogan described claims that his government supports ISIL as 'absolutely false and untrue' Tur
Armed group battles Kurdish volunteer troops in the town of al-Kuwayr, about 60km south of Erbil. http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2014/11/4/201411419410492734_20.jpg Huge crowds gathered in southern Iraq to mark Ashoura in defiance of threats of violence from ISIL The Islamic State of
The SAS is identifying IS positions, advising Iraqi Kurdish forces and calling in US air strikes in a bid to end the six-week siege that has killed 800 people http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article4560974.ece/alternates/s615/SASMain.jpg Mission: The SAS have been in and around Kobane for weeks
Will airstrikes subdue Islamic State — or make things worse? As Canadian planes bomb targets in Iraq, experts warn of “endless war” if use of force isn’t paired with larger plan for peace. Canada's overseas operations commander is providing details on the air force's first bombing missi...
Baghdad braces for more ISIL attacks Iraq beefs up security in and around Baghdad amid growing fears of hundreds of sleeper cells. http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/images/2014/11/3//201411352532455734_20.jpg Baghdad does not look like a city where death hangs heavy, as people go about their daily
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Islamic State militants may be at the approaches to Baghdad yet members of Iraq’s Shiite Muslim elite are offering cash for $1 million homes in the capital’s sought-after Zayouna neighborhood. Gilded mansions with jacuzzis in Italian-marble bathrooms and armored vehicles parked in the drive a
Isil controls half of Kobane, says rebel leader More than half of Kobane is now in Isil hands, according to veteren rebel leader, as Kurdish Peshmerga forces arrive in a last-minute bid to defend besieged town http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03089/Oqaidi_3089806b.jpg Col Abduljabbar al
launched a full-scale offensive at Jabal Al-Sha'ar in east Homs, targeting Syrian Arab Army positions at Al-Sha'ar Gas Fields and the Teefour Airbase. Islamic State advances on Homs in serious threat to Assad As the world focuses on Kobane, jihadists have pressed deep inside Syria – advancin...
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Failed North Korean Assassin Assimilates in the South http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/12/18/world/PROFILE-SEOUL/PROFILE-SEOUL-articleInline.jpg “Because I was the only survivor I got all the blame. I suffered all the sins, if you will, of all 31 men.” Kim Shin-jo. HIS fatal mistake, t
ISIS fighters abseil from Mosul bridge into heavy traffic The pictures, taken near the city center, also show many of the masked militants toting assault rifles. (Photo courtesy of EPA) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants have been pictured practicing abseiling down a bridge in the ...
Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been...