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US still unsure how to deal with IS
Scan the statements and pronouncements from American politicians of all stripes today, and you’ll see how the murder of Steven J Sotloff has spurred the political world here into rhetoric, if not action.
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Scan the statements and pronouncements from American politicians of all stripes today, and you’ll see how the murder of Steven J Sotloff has spurred the political world here into rhetoric, if not action.
The US will not be intimidated by Islamic State militants, President Obama says, after the White House confirmed that a video showing the beheading of a US journalist was authentic.
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko calls on the EU for an “adequate reaction”, saying Russia has thousands of troops and hundreds of tanks in Ukraine.
Nato releases satellite imagery which it says shows well over 1,000 Russian combat soldiers operating inside Ukraine, armed with sophisticated weaponry.
US officials confirm that an American believed to be fighting with extremists in Syria has been killed, reportedly by the Free Syrian Army.
Libya’s rival factions are called Dawn and Dignity. But fighting means it has little chance of achieving the new dawn or the life of dignity the 2011 revolution promised.
The number of people to die in Syria has risen to over 191,000 in three years, but the conflict has “dropped off the international radar”, says the United Nations commissioner.
A column of Russian trucks crosses the border into eastern Ukraine without permission in what Kiev called a “direct invasion” of its territory.
US forces tried to rescue James Foley and other hostages held by Islamic State militants during a recent secret mission in Syria, say officials, but the captives were nowhere to be found.
Islamic State, the jihadi group that controls parts of Iraq and Syria, releases a video showing missing US journalist James Foley being beheaded – in what it calls a “message to America”.
The advance of Islamic State extremists poses a “clear danger” to the future safety of Britain’s streets, David Cameron says as he explains his decision to arm Kurdish fighters.
Islamic militants in Iraq reportedly massacre 80 members of the Yazidi minority, although reports emerge of a far larger number being killed.
The European Union welcomes moves by member states, including the UK, to supply arms and ammunition to Kurdish fighters trying to halt the advance of Islamist militants in Iraq.
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