Today, Turkey announced it was beginning an air campaign against the terrorist group known as ISIS. Here is the news announcement from the Los Angeles Times: “Turkey has long been a reluctant partner in the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State militants. Since the U.S. first launched airstrikes in Iraq nearly a year ago, leaders […]
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ISIS near to total control of Syria’s ancient Palmyra – monitoring group
May 20th, 2015 David Schulberg
Ancient city of Palmyra in the heart of the Syrian desert (Reuters / Handout) Islamic State militants have taken control of almost all of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a UNESCO landmark, according to a monitoring group. The city was captured after bloody clashes with the Syrian Army on Wednesday. The Syrian Observatory for […]