Iraq Feature: “Islamic State Forces Young Yezidi Women, Teenage Girls to Marry Its Fighters”
Islamic State is systematically separating young women and teenage girls from their families and...
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Author: Scott Lucas
Iraq & Syria Audio Analysis: Is It Time for US to “Cut and Run” from the Middle East?
On the BBC World Service on Sunday, Professor John Quiggin and I debated the question,...
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Iran Daily, Oct 13: Supreme Leader “Don’t Help US ‘Hoax’ Campaign Against Islamic State”
LATEST: Police Chief Shows Concern Over Insurgent Attacks in Southeast The Supreme Leader has...
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Iraq Daily, Oct 13: Islamic State Suicide Bombs Kill At Least 29 Kurdish Troops
LATEST: UN — Up to 180,000 Displaced In and Near City in Western Iraq UPDATE 1945 GMT: At...
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Syria Daily, Oct 13: US Secretary of State Kerry Surrenders Kobane to Islamic State
LATEST: Opposition Coalition Fails To Agree on Prime Minister MONDAY FEATURE Iraq & Syria...
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Syria Feature: Before Kobane — Washington’s Back-Channel Talks With Syrian Kurds
PHOTO: PYD Fighters in Afrin in Northern Syria The plight of the Syrian Kurdish center of Kobane,...
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