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Civilians drown fleeing life ‘worse than hell’ in Fallujah
A boat carrying fleeing civilians across a river from the ISIS stronghold of Fallujah sank on Saturday, killing at least four people, as pro-Baghdad forces said they had the city almost completely encircled. Two children, their mother and a man drowned crossing the 300-metre wide Euphrates, one the few escape routes left for...
Eleven killed in Istanbul car bomb
At least 11 people were killed and 36 injured when a car bomb targeted a police bus in the historic center of Istanbul, Vasip Sahin, the Istanbul governor told reporters. The death toll included seven police officers and four civilians. "Today at around 8:40, in our neighborhood of Vezneciler, an attack by a car bomb on a...
Syrian And Russian Aircraft Step Up Bombing Of Aleppo City: Monitor
Nearly 50 strikes hit rebel-held areas in and around the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday in some of the heaviest raids recently by Russian and Syrian government aircraft, residents and a monitor said. For their part, rebels also hit government-held areas of Aleppo in what Syrian media said was an escalation in mortar attacks on...
Syria conflict: Troops ‘cross into IS-held Raqqa province’
Syrian troops have crossed into Raqqa province, nearing the capital of so-called Islamic State, activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said heavy Russian air strikes had helped the offensive. There is no Syrian or Russian confirmation. A US-backed alliance of Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighters started a...
Poland plans paramilitary force of 35,000 to counter Russia
Poland says it will start recruiting in September for a new 35,000-strong paramilitary defence force because of tensions with Russia. Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz said top positions in the Territorial Defence Force had already been decided. The force will have civilian volunteers trained in military skills. It is aimed...
Britain in talks to send up to 100 more troops back to Afghanistan
Britain is in talks with Nato allies to send up to 100 more soldiers back to Afghanistan amid concern that a resurgent Taliban are retaking large parts of the country. Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, on Thursday met Afghan leaders on a surprise visit to Kabul as heavy fighting has again swept areas of Helmand where...
The fight for Falluja: Human shields and 20,000 children trapped
ISIS-held Falluja is surrounded by Iraqi-forces, which are expected to storm the city soon. An estimated 50,000 people — 20,000 of whom are children, the U.N. says — are trapped in the city. There are reports that hundreds of families are being used by ISIS as human shields in the center of Falluja; that men and...
Why they hate us
The next time you hear of a terror attack — no matter where it is, no matter what the circumstances — you will likely think to yourself, "It's Muslims again." And you will probably be right. In 2014, about 30,000 people were killed in terror attacks worldwide. The vast majority of those perpetrating...
US Drone Strike in Pakistan Renews Calls for Transparency
The strike was unprecedented. For the first time, a U.S. drone struck Pakistan outside its lawless border area with Afghanistan, killing the leader of the Afghan Taliban in the country’s southwestern province of Baluchistan. “It would have been better if Pakistan had targeted him inside its own territory,”...
Euro 2016 football tournament in France could be terror target, US warns
The US has warned that the Euro 2016 football championship being held in France next month could be a target of militant attacks. "The large number of tourists visiting Europe in the summer months will present greater targets for terrorists," the State Department said. The event is being hosted from 10 June to 10 July...
Dramatic Rise in Number of Afghans Displaced by Conflict
The number of Afghans who have fled violence and remain trapped in their own country has doubled over the past three years, says a new report by Amnesty International. A staggering 1.2 million people are internally displaced in Afghanistan, showing a dramatic increase from some 500,000 in 2013, says the report in an attempt to...
Fear For Civilians As Islamic State Halts Iraqi Army At Gates Of Falluja
Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on Tuesday, while the United Nations warned of peril for civilians trapped in the city and used by militants as human shields. The Iraqi army’s assault on Falluja has begun what is expected to be one of...
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