Reports & Files

Iraqi forces, aided by U.S. airstrikes, launch ground offensive to secure dam in Anbar

BAGHDAD — Backed by U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi forces launched a ground offensive Sunday to secure their country’s second-largest dam from Islamic…

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Syria conflict: Islamic State ‘committed war crimes’

Islamic State (IS) militants have committed “mass atrocities” in Syria and have recruited children as fighters, the United Nations says.…

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Syria: One Year On, No Justice for Chemical Attacks Victims

(New York) – Justice remains elusive for the victims of the chemical weapons attacks on Ghouta, near Damascus, which killed…

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British Muslim calls for action on jihadi subculture after beheading video

(Reuters) – A senior British Muslim called on Thursday for action to tackle a jihadi sub-culture after an Islamic State…

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Syria sees Islamist threat bringing detente with West, but not soon

(Reuters) – Syria is wagering that Islamic State’s push to reshape the Middle East will eventually force a hostile West to deal…

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Report: Islamic State massacred 80 Yazidis

‘They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon,’ senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari tells Reuters. ‘We believe…

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Jihadists Rout Kurds in North and Seize Strategic Iraqi Dam

BAGHDAD — The crisis gripping Iraq escalated rapidly on Thursday with a re-energized Islamic State in Iraq and Syria storming…

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Syria: UN welcomes Security Council resolution on humanitarian access

UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has welcomed a new Security Council resolution that could increase access to civilians in hard-to-reach…

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Maliki orders air force to help Kurds against the Islamic State

(Reuters) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered his air force for the first time to back Kurdish forces against…

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