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Charity: Iraq excludes 45,000 children born under IS rule
Middle East
May 1, 2019
Charity: Iraq excludes 45,000 children born under IS rule
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — An estimated 45,000 children in Iraq who were born under the rule of the Islamic State…
IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years
Middle East
April 30, 2019
IS chief refers to Syria defeat in first video in five years
The Islamic State group’s elusive supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his first purported appearance in five years in a propaganda…
Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings
World
April 26, 2019
Sri Lankan police hunt 140 people believed linked to Islamic State after Easter bombings
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan police are trying to track down 140 people believed linked to Islamic State, which has…
US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa
Middle East
April 26, 2019
US-led coalition killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians in the northern Syria city of Raqqa during months…
Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community
Middle East
April 26, 2019
Iraq: Yazidis to accept children of IS rape into community
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The children of Yazidi women raped by Islamic State men will be welcomed into the minority…
IS legacy of guilt weighs heavily on Iraqi widows, children
Middle East
April 25, 2019
IS legacy of guilt weighs heavily on Iraqi widows, children
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — When Ahmed Khalil ran out of work as a van driver in the Iraqi city of…
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
Middle East
April 23, 2019
After IS fall, some women who joined plead to come home
AL-HOL, Syria (AP) — They came from around the world, four women drawn to the Islamic State group’s “caliphate.” They…
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Middle East
April 22, 2019
A month after IS ‘caliphate’ defeated, challenges aplenty
Sleeper cells, prisons teeming with jihadists, camps crammed with their wives and children — perils abound in Syria, nearly a…
110 Kosovars, mostly children and women, returned from Syria
Middle East
April 21, 2019
110 Kosovars, mostly children and women, returned from Syria
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo authorities announced Saturday they have brought back from Syria 110 Kosovar citizens, mostly women and…
U.N. urges resolving fate of 2,500 foreign children at Syria camp
Middle East
April 18, 2019
U.N. urges resolving fate of 2,500 foreign children at Syria camp
GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior United Nations relief official called on governments on Thursday to help resolve the fate of…