Armenians in Aleppo regard Turkey as ‘first enemy’
At least half of Aleppo’s Armenians have left the country. Once again, their community is divided and endangered. And once again, they regard Turkey as the chief cause of their problems.
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British and US forces formally conclude their military involvement in Afghanistan – but after so much bloodshed, is this really ‘mission accomplished’?
At least half of Aleppo’s Armenians have left the country. Once again, their community is divided and endangered. And once again, they regard Turkey as the chief cause of their problems.
The Pakistani Taliban is reported to have pledged to send fighters to support the Islamic State group in the fight against the “enemies who are united against you”.
David Cameron becomes the first world leader to meet Afghanistan’s new president following an unannounced visit to the country.
The simple and obvious question to ask today is this: would parliament be discussing bombing Iraq for a third war if the USA were not already doing so?
Afghanistan’s leading presidential candidates have disputed the election results since the first round of voting in April. The potential for political implosion is very real now.
The US may have become more cynical about the impact of a president. But it still cherishes the aura of the office – which means “no drama Obama” simply won’t do.
Nothing is happening by chance. If we characterise militants from Islamic State as simply barbaric and savage we are failing to understand their strategy or the extent of the danger they pose.
Extremist group the Islamic State may claim ancient roots, but its barbaric actions and propaganda machine have made it the most searched for and tweeted about terror group on the modern web.
This is precisely the kind of act guaranteed to wipe the gloss of the weekend euphoria as US Secretary of State John Kerry flew in to Kabul to broker a deal between arch-rivals.
Pakistani campaigner Malala Yousafzai visits Nigeria to campaign on behalf of the schoolgirls abducted by rebel group, Boko Haram.
A 24 per cent spike in civilian casualties in Afghanistan in the first half of 2014 suggests the Taliban and other insurgent groups are on the march again.
We were supposed to leave Afghanistan with some kind of credible military forces to stop all this from happening. That does not look very credible.
Two men plead guilty to travelling to Syria to join al-Qaeda militants, after they were turned in to police by their worried parents. Home Affairs Correspondent Darshna Soni reports.
From the Titanic to Homeland, fiction has an uncanny habit of predicting reality – and it’s not finished yet.