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Stories of ISIS victims are emerging, and they’re unbelievably brutal
New York City, N.Y. (CNA) — (Editor's note: This article includes explicit descriptions of violence. Reader discretion is advised.) The stories were graphic, brutal and raw.
Middle East
Russia
Airstrikes, shelling kill at least 60 in Syria’s Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) — A wave of airstrikes and shelling killed more than 60 people in less than 24 hours in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, including dozens at a hospital, monitors and activists said Thursday. The contested city is now one of the main battlegrounds of Syria's devastating
Immigration
Obama boosts Islamic State fight, asks Europe to do more
HANNOVER, Germany (AP) — Evoking history and appealing for solidarity, President Barack Obama on Monday cast his decision to send 250 more troops to Syria as a bid to keep up "momentum" in the campaign to dislodge Islamic State extremists. He pressed European allies to match the U.S.
Syria
Obama adds 250 troops to fight against Islamic State in Syria
AERZEN, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama declared he is sending 250 more military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting the Islamic State, increasing to 300 the number of American troops battling extremists in the war-torn country, during a speech in Germany in which he appealed for European unity
terrorism
US escalates Iraq fight, send more troops, helicopters
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. has agreed to deploy more than 200 additional troops to Iraq and to send eight Apache helicopters for the first time into the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq, the first major increase in U.S. forces in nearly a year, U.S.
Faith
Sanders: ‘U.S. and rest of world have got to work together to help Palestinian people’
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he's not "anti-Israel," but he believes Israel has responded disproportionately to Palestinian provocations; he says the U.S. "is going to to have to treat the Palestinian people with respect and dignity," and be more "even-handed&
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As attacks subside, Jerusalem tries to return to normal
JERUSALEM (AP) — One of Jerusalem's most popular Palestinian hummus joints, Lina, used to serve about 100 Israeli diners a day — the majority of its clientele. But after the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence last fall, the place saw business drop to about three or four Israeli diners a day,
Faith
‘You are not forgotten,’ Cardinal Dolan tells Iraq’s Christians and Yazidis
Dohuk, Iraq (CNA/EWTN News) — On his second full day in Iraq, Cardinal Timothy Dolan traveled three hours to Dohuk, the city where the majority of those who fled Mosul, including the members of the minority Yazidi population, escaped to when ISIS overran the city. After the lengthy ride, Cardinal
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