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Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
Middle East
February 2, 2022
Islamic State hits back, aided by power vacuum in Iraq and Syria
JALAWLA, Iraq, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of…
Syria Kurdish forces close in on IS-controlled prison wing
Middle East
January 24, 2022
Syria Kurdish forces close in on IS-controlled prison wing
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters began closing in Monday on the last wing of a prison in northeastern…
New Syrian migrants seek Europe, driven by post-war misery
Middle East
December 21, 2021
New Syrian migrants seek Europe, driven by post-war misery
GIESSEN, Germany (AP) — She had already walked for 60 hours through the wet, dark forests of Poland, trying to…
Lack of jobs, crisis drive young Iraqi Kurds to migrate
Middle East
December 15, 2021
Lack of jobs, crisis drive young Iraqi Kurds to migrate
RANYA, Iraq (AP) — The specter of unemployment haunts both students and teachers at universities in northern Iraq. Many speak…
Syrian Kurds accuse Assad of policy of ‘oppression and violence’
Middle East
March 19, 2019
Syrian Kurds accuse Assad of policy of ‘oppression and violence’
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government’s threat to recover the Kurdish-led region of northern Syria through force unless it submits…
Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship
Middle East
March 6, 2019
Father of UK teen who joined ISIS says don’t scrap citizenship
SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) — The father of a British teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group in…
ISIS militants remain organized and brutal to the bitter end
Middle East
March 6, 2019
ISIS militants remain organized and brutal to the bitter end
BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — As final defeat looms, militants of the Islamic State group have remained organized and ruthless to…
Hundreds of Iraqi ISIS child suspects arrested: HRW
Middle East
March 6, 2019
Hundreds of Iraqi ISIS child suspects arrested: HRW
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq and the Kurdish regional government have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation…
Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle
Middle East
March 5, 2019
Revolutionary Guards’ Soleimani flexes political muscle
(Reuters) – Qassem Soleimani’s role in a political crisis in Iran highlights the influence of the leader of the Revolutionary…
Defeat of ISIS looms as hundreds leave last area in Syria
Middle East
March 5, 2019
Defeat of ISIS looms as hundreds leave last area in Syria
OUTSIDE BAGHOUZ, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of people left the last area held by ISIS in eastern Syria on Tuesday…