Islamic state
Iraqis choose refugee camps over ruined homes
Middle East
August 6, 2019
Iraqis choose refugee camps over ruined homes
HASSAN SHAM CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – Despairing of the corpses and debris littering the streets, many Iraqis have left their…
US officials say Islamic State still poses global threat
Middle East
August 4, 2019
US officials say Islamic State still poses global threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State remains a global threat despite losing the once vast territory it held in Syria…
Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity
Middle East
August 4, 2019
Iraq’s Yazidi women must abandon kids born in IS captivity
DOHUK, Iraq (AP) — Yazidi women and girls who were enslaved and raped by Islamic State militants have few choices.…
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
Business
August 3, 2019
Germany pursues justice for survivors of Yazidi genocide
“Germany must not be a safe haven for war criminals.” It is a sentence police inspector Klaus Zorn repeats several…
Indonesia says probing report of death of pregnant woman in Syrian camp
Middle East
August 1, 2019
Indonesia says probing report of death of pregnant woman in Syrian camp
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is investigating a report that a pregnant Indonesian woman who had joined Islamic State died after…
Al-Qaeda heir Hamza bin Laden killed: US media
Middle East
August 1, 2019
Al-Qaeda heir Hamza bin Laden killed: US media
Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza, chosen heir to the leadership of Al-Qaeda, has been killed, US media reported Wednesday citing…
Twin attacks kill 20 police in Yemen’s Aden: sources
Middle East
August 1, 2019
Twin attacks kill 20 police in Yemen’s Aden: sources
Two separate attacks killed at least 20 police in Yemen’s government-held second city Aden Thursday, one by Shiite rebels and…
Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of IS militants
Middle East
July 24, 2019
Iraqi forces clear farmland near Baghdad of IS militants
TARMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi security forces were sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad on Tuesday as part of…
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
Middle East
July 14, 2019
Agony of Yazidi women torn between IS kids, or return home
Freed after years in jihadist captivity, Jihan faced an agonizing ultimatum: abandon her three small children fathered by an Islamic…
Find and return German children of IS adherents, rules Berlin court
Middle East
July 12, 2019
Find and return German children of IS adherents, rules Berlin court
Germany’s Foreign Ministry said late Thursday it was “examining” the Berlin Administrative Court’s ruling that three children and their mother,…