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Shi’ite militia fighters walk along the frontline just outside Kirkuk, Iraq on February 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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Kurdish refugees from the Syrian town of Kobani take shelter in a camp in the Turkish town of Suruç, on October 14, 2014. (Reuters/Umit Bektas)
ISIS tortured Kurdish child hostages: rights group
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) tortured and attempted to indoctrinate Kurdish children from the besieged Syrian town of Kobani, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. Four boys aged 14-16 told the rights watchdog that they were...Caption:
Egyptian female protesters supporting ousted president Morsi, hold flowers as they celebrate following a favorable appeal court ruling to review their initial sentencing, inside the defendants cage at court, Alexandria, Egypt, 07 December 2013 (EPA/HAZEM GOUDA/ALMASRY ALYOUM)
Egypt court cuts sentences on Islamist women
Cairo, AP—Egyptian authorities on Saturday released two dozen Islamist women and girls convicted for staging a street protest after an appeals court reduced their harsh penalties, including prison terms of 11 years, to suspended sentences. The initial verdict handed...Caption:
A picture taken on October 18, 2013, shows a rebel fighter standing behind a broken television in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (AFP PHOTO / KARAM AL-MASRI)
Syria: Rebel-run prisons emulating Assad torture tactics
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian opposition groups have established prisons in rebel-held areas of the country and are using the same methods of torture as the Assad regime, Syrian activists told Asharq Al-Awsat this week. The director of the London-based Syrian...Caption:
Ali Tormos, center, one of the nine released Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who were kidnapped by a rebel faction in northern Syria in May 2012, center, hugs his wife, left, as his daughter, right, holds onto his back upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)