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Kurdish Syrian girls are pictured among destroyed buildings in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, also known as Ain Al-Arab, on March 22, 2015. (AFP Photo/Yasin Akgul)
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Iraqi security troops from Baghdad head to Ramadi on the orders of Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi to reinforce troops there in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, on April 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Street battles engulf Ramadi as Iraqi forces inflict “heavy losses” on ISIS
Ramadi, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fierce street battles erupted in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday between government forces backed by local tribal volunteer groups and fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to Iraqi security officials. Maj. Gen....Caption:
A man carrying a weapon talks on his mobile phone near a building damaged by an air strike on a nearby Scud missile base in Yemen’s capital Sanaa April 20, 2015. (Reuters)
Saudi-led airstrikes target Houthi weapons caches in Sana’a
Sana’a, AP—Saudi-led airstrikes targeted weapons caches in Yemen’s rebel-held capital on Monday in an intensification of the four-week campaign against Houthi rebels in the country. The assault was the most powerful seen in the city since the Saudi-led air...Caption:
Surviving immigrants lie on the deck of the Italian coastguard ship “Bruno Gregoretti” in Senglea, in Valletta’s Grand Harbor, Malta, on April 20, 2015. (Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi)
EU meets on migrant crisis as shipwreck corpses brought ashore
Valletta and Catania, Reuters—European Union foreign ministers gathered in Luxembourg on Monday under pressure to produce more than words as bodies were brought ashore in Malta among hundreds feared drowned in the latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy. The death toll...Caption:
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi volunteer groups hold a position close to the village of Bashir in the Daquq district, 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Kirkuk, Iraq, on April 18, 2015 as they launched an operation aiming to recapture nearby villages from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. (AFP Photo/Marwan Ibrahim)