“It’s being called a ‘revolt’ by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the ISIS war—but are instead seeing their reports
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The Refugee Road -Various
The images of 3 year old Aylan Kurdi’s body washing up on a Greek beach has caused many to wonder how his family could have
Iran’s morality police: patrolling the streets by stealth -The Guardian
Here is an interesting piece on the morality police in Iran, and how their influence has changed since Rouhani was elected. Two points stick out.
For Those Who Remain in Syria, Daily Life Is a Nightmare -NYTimes
About 4 million refugees have left Syria and there are about 8 million more internally displaced -still within Syria but driven from their homes. For
Meet the Kurdish fighters mobilising against Tehran -al Jazeera
There has been a great deal written about the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq and since 2010, Syria. Much less has been written about Kurdish politics
More than five months of conflict in Yemen -AFP
A straightforward chronology of events in Yemen. http://news.yahoo.com/more-five-months-conflict-yemen-184859433.html
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