Nobel laureate Murad to build hospital in her hometown in Iraq
Murad survived the worst of the cruelties and brutality inflicted on her people, the Yazidis of Iraq, by the Daesh group. (File/AFP) Reuters December 14, 2018 The laureate was […]
On the front line it seems as if Syria’s war against Islamists is far from over
Exclusive: All around Sinjar and its broken villages, there is mud. Tanks and guns always turn soil into brown liquid which quickly becomes bog Robert Fisk Sinjar, Northern Syria @indyvoices […]
Iraq Kurds block key Daesh supply line in battle for Sinjar
By AFP – Nov 12,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Heavy smoke billows during an operation by Iraqi Kurdish forces backed by US-led strikes in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar on Thursday, to retake the town from the Daesh group and cut a key supply line to Syria (AFP photo) MOUNT […]
Kurdish forces launch battle to retake Iraq’s Sinjar
Reuters International NOV 12, 2015 – 09:53 By Isabel Coles NEAR SINJAR TOWN, Iraq (Reuters) – Backed by U.S. air strikes, Kurdish forces said they captured several villages in an offensive on Thursday to retake the Iraqi town of Sinjar from Islamic State militants who overran it more than a […]