Reports & Files

Qassem Suleimani: can this man bring about the downfall of Isis?

For more than a decade, the Iranian military leader and ideologue has wielded huge influence, thanks to the support of…

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Syria’s disappeared

Thousands of Syrians have vanished without a trace, forcibly “disappeared”, since the country’s uprising began in March 2011. Held incommunicado…

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Turkey, U.S. ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain

(Reuters) – Turkey and the United States smoothed over some differences in the fight against Islamic State during a weekend visit by…

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Decaying complex shelters generations of migrants in Athens

A group of people — Greeks, Afghans, Iraqis, Syrians, Bulgarians, Iranians, Turks — gather around a steaming pot outside a…

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In Ebola-hit SLeone, dignity in death protects the living

Sierra Leone’s Ebola burial boys wrap the highly-infectious body and present it to the family for dignified last goodbyes before…

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Kurds’ battle for Kobani unites a people divided by borders

(Reuters) – Cloaked in Kurdish flags, thousands of people lined the roads to cheer on a military convoy headed for…

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U.N. says thousands likely to be massacred if jihadists take Kobani

(Reuters) – Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State fighters, a U.N. envoy…

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Report suggests Assad’s forces committed mass rape near Aleppo

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime took hostage 500 residents – mostly women and children – from a…

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Kurds see Turkey impeding ISIS fight

Turkey and its Kurdish population – for decades in conflict – suddenly find themselves facing a common enemy in the…

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What is the Khorasan Group?

Shortly before the United States and its Arab allies launched air strikes on Islamic State (IS) positions across Syria on…

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