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Special Report: The Ex-British Soldiers Who Fought Islamic State In Syria – Skynews
In a Sky News exclusive, former British soldiers Jamie Read and James Hughes reveal how they dodged bullets, recorded goodbye videos and carried a spare bullet in case they were taken hostage while fighting IS […]
They’re Kurdish. They’re Women. And They’re Out To Kill ISIS
“I would be very happy to kill ISIS,” says Col. Rangeen Majeed, her hair tied back in a neat bun. The 32-year-old sniper is just one of the women who make up an all-female unit […]
Eliza Gray: These Are the Women Forgotten in the Sexual Assault Crisis – Time
There’s a new wrinkle to the ongoing debate about campus sexual assault: Non-students are actually more likely than students to be victimized, according to new federal data. The finding, in a Justice Department report released […]
Iraq’s Kurdish Minister Hoshyar Zebari says “Mosul is key”
Iraq’s Finance Minister Hoshyar Zebari says ISIL is now on the defensive, although they are still in control of Mosul. Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf reports from Baghdad.
Yazidi boy on fighting IS: ‘Now is not the time for school’- BBC
Haydar is a 14-year-old Yazidi boy who says he has taken up arms against the so-called Islamic State (IS) to protect his family. He says his aim is to liberate Sinjar from IS and although […]
Arin Mirkan, the woman that became symbol of resistance in Kobane
This is the Kurdish woman, Arin Mirkan, who fought to her last bullets in Kobane and ran into the ISIS lines of enemies and exploded herself taking many ISIS members down with her. She inspired […]
Kurdish fighters battle Jihadists in Syria’s Stalingrad
They call it “Kobanigrad” based on the Nazi and Soviet battle in Stalingrad that changed WWII. To the city’s east is the most hotly contested front line. We are led there by Meedya Raqqa, the […]
New video released by Kurdish forces fighting ISIS in Kobane
Warning: Video contains graphic content
Pope delivers message in support of Kurdish Yazidi refugees and Christian
Pope Francis has delivered a video message in support of tens of thousands of minority Yazidi and Christian refugees who fled ISIL militants in August, many of whom escaped to Erbil. The pope addressed the […]