Tag: Middle East

iraqi forces push to recapture area south of mosul

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By AFP Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division soldiers come under fire from ISIS while running across an intersection = in...

islam and democracy: what’s the problem

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In a special UpFront, we ask our panel if there can be a balance between liberal values and Islamic...

meet the female kurdish fighters battling isil (picts)

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From Syria's strategic Tishrin Dam, members of the YPG and YPJ have launched operations against ISIL. 11 May 2016 06:45 GMT...

“eu” leaders praise turkey for its treatment of refugees (vids)

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σχόλιο του δδμανιά: σα να μου θυμίζει "θωρηκτό ποτέμκιν" η όλη ιστορία  German chancellor and EU officials travel to Turkish-Syrian...

syria civil war: isil kidnaps 300 factory workers

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Staff at cement plant near town of Dumeir abducted by ISIL fighters and moved to unknown location, reports say. 07...

in pictures: greece sends refugees back to turkey

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First boats carrying people from Greece to Turkey arrive as part of controversial deal to stem flow of people...

syrian army captures isil – held town in homs (vids)

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Journalists were taken in a government-organised tour to Palmyra city 03 Apr 2016 15:00 GMT | aljazeera The Syrian army...

egypt’s women drivers (vid)

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The stories of four Egyptian women and the different vehicles they drive - from a rickshaw to a 36-tonne...

‘in five years there won’t be any “yazidis” left here’

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Many members of the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq, fearing persecution, are choosing to migrate to Germany. Taylor Smith...

turkey is sinking into the quagmire of syria (vid)

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Ankara might want to stop focusing on destroying the PKK, YPG, and Assad and ticking off Putin, and get...

diary of a syrian refugee family trying to reach greece

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'Daddy, why don't we just take the airplane?' asks one of Delvan's daughters as they contemplate crossing the rough...