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Tag Archives: ISIL
Brussels on alert amid fears of Paris-style attacks
The Belfast Telegraph reports: Armed police and soldiers are patrolling the streets, subways are closed and many shops have shut their doors in the Belgian capital Brussels as the government issued a warning over possible Paris-style terror attacks. At least … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgium, Brussels, Bruxelles, EU, Europe, France, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Paris, terro threat, terrorists
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ISIL destroy a second historic site in Iraq
The Daily Mail reports on the recent destruction of a second historic site in northern Iraq by ISIL: Islamic State extremists have continued their attack on Iraq’s cultural and historical heritage by bulldozing a second ancient site, officials say. Officials … Continue reading
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Tagged archaeocide, archaeological artefacts, archaeological artifacts, Ashurnasirpal, destruction of artefacts, destruction of artifacts, destruction of history, extremists, Hatra, idealogues, ideologically motivated attack, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State group, Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Mosul, religious violence, violent idealogues, violent jihadists
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Libya chaos deepens as Isil strikes threaten to halt oil production and government bombs Tripoli airport
The Telegraph reports on developments in the conflict in Libya: Libya may be forced to cease all oil production after suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) jihadists attacked three oilfields and the national army bombed an airport … Continue reading
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Tagged internal conflict, ISIL, ISIS, Libya, militant attacks, North Africa, oil production, oilfields
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Iraq conflict: UN warns of possible Amerli ‘massacre’
The BBC reports on the situation facing residents of Amerli, a town in northern Iraq that has been under siege for the last two months: The UN has called for action to prevent what it says may be a possible … Continue reading
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Tagged Amerli, conflict, humanitarian crisis, Iraq, IS, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Shia, Sunni, Turkmen, war
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