Month: August 2017

2017/09/21

U.S. authorities signaled on Thursday that some 4,000 additional troops will be deployed to Afghanistan in the near future. The ...

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Eighteen People Join Hunger Strike in Iran’s Notorious Rajai Shahr Prison

by Joanne Stocker

2017/08/31

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At least 18 people are now on hunger strike in protest of conditions at Rajai Shahr Prison, one of the most ...

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2017/08/31

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Citing Talks With Erdogan, Macron Says Being World Leader Is ‘Not Cool’

2017/08/31

The French president has cited talking to his Turkish counterpart in every 10 days as an evidence that being on ...

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Trapped By Death And Facing Uncertainty, Rohingya Muslims Flee Myanmar

2017/09/03

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When a Syrian toddler washed up to the banks of Aegean Sea two years ago, the harrowing picture sent shockwaves ...

CNN Reporters Save Texas Man From Drowning In Flood Water

CNN reporter Drew Griffin and his crew saved a man in Texas from drowning inside his truck. Mr. Griffin told ...

The Al-Qalamoun mountain in western Syria as seen in 2006. Image: Aziz1005/Wikimedia Commons/Public domain

US-Led Coalition Launches Strike Against ISIS Convoy Traveling to Iraqi Border

by Joanne Stocker

The U.S.-led Coalition against Islamic State said on Wednesday it carried out an airstrike to prevent a convoy of ISIS ...

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Coming to America: My Story As A Lucky Immigrant, Poet And Muslim

by Yahia Lababidi

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Born and raised in Cairo, Egypt, I came to realize at the age of 32, that I could not live, ...

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In Syria, Turkey-backed Rebels Clash With U.S. Forces

U.S. troops in the northern Syrian city of Manbij came under attack by Turkey-backed rebels last week, a spokesperson for ...

Erdogan’s Bodyguards, Including 15 Turks, Indicted Over D.C. Brawl

2017/08/29

At least 19 people, including 15 Turkish security officials, were indicted for the involvement in a brawl outside the Turkish ...

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UAE Accuses Turkey, Iran of ‘Colonial’ Policies In Syria

2017/08/29

The United Arab Emirates sharply criticized Turkey and Iran for what the country's top diplomat said were "colonial" policies in Syria, ...

At Least 10 Dead As Houston Area Braces For More Rain

2017/08/29

People in coastal Texas and Houston area are bracing for at least 15 inches of more rain as Harvey gains ...

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Tension Escalates As North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan

2017/08/28

North Korea on Tuesday launched a missile that flew over Japan, in the latest of missile tests that dramatically escalated the ...

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Rohingya Muslims, Civilians Flee Myanmar After Army Operation

2017/08/28

Thousands of civilians, including Rohingya Muslims, have fled Myanmar for the border with Bangladesh after the army launched a massive ...

Macron Asks Erdogan To Release Imprisoned French Journalist

by Nesrin Gulkesen

2017/08/28

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In Afghanistan, Trump Should Avoid Learning Too Much From Iraq

by Joanne Stocker

2017/08/27

After 16 years of war, U.S. President Donald J. Trump's new Afghanistan strategy looks set to borrow from his commanders' ...

Russia Will Unlikely Approve UN Peacekeepers in Eastern Ukraine

by Anna Varfolomeeva

2017/11/09

Despite multiple high-level meetings and a chain of ceasefire agreements, the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine is well into its ...

Turkey To Free 3,000 Criminals To Make Space For Purge Victims

2017/08/26

Turkey is preparing to release from jail hundreds of individuals convicted of petty crimes to make room for people arrested ...

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Turkey’s Democracy In Shambles

by Cemal L. Ozgur

2017/08/25