Regional & World News
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Dec- 2014 -24 December
Mount Sinjar: Yazidis’ tales of survival as thousands cling on for life
Months after thousands of Iraqi Yezidis threatened by Islamic State (IS) militants escaped to safety from Mount Sinjar, the BBC’s…
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18 December
ISIS kills more than 150 women, girls for refusing ‘Jihad marriage’
The Iraqi Human Rights Ministry has declared that an ISIS terrorist known as Abu Anas Al-Libi, has killed more than…
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Nov- 2014 -29 November
Turkey denies ISIS attacked Kobane from its territory
Turkey denied on Saturday that jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have launched an attack on…
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29 November
Egypt’s Mubarak says he ‘did nothing wrong’
Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak said Saturday he “did nothing wrong,” after a court dismissed a murder charge against him…
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24 November
41 men targeted but 1,147 people killed: US drone strikes – the facts on the ground
New analysis of data conducted by human rights group Reprieve shared with the Guardian, raises questions about accuracy of intelligence…
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15 November
Iraq ‘expels IS militants from a major oil refinery’
Iraqi forces say they have driven away Islamic State militants from around the country’s largest oil refinery. It comes a…
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15 November
US spies on mobile phones from the sky
US justice officials are scooping up mobile phone data from unwitting Americans as part of a sophisticated airborne surveillance program…
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11 November
ISIS after al-Baghdadi: What happens if the terror leader is killed?
(CNN) — He runs his terror group like a CEO — with spreadsheets on missions, assassinations and captured assets. And reports…
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Oct- 2014 -31 October
US:1,000 foreign fighters flock to Syria each month
More than 1,000 foreign jihadists are streaming into Syria and Iraq each month despite the ongoing international aerial military campaign…
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31 October
Peshmerga troops start entering Syrian border town
Ten Iraqi Peshmerga fighters entered the embattled Syrian border town of Kobane via Turkey on Thursday, the first from among…
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