US air strikes: Obama lured into Syria’s civil war
The expansion of the US-led air war to Syria is a powerful display of America’s bona fides to the allies it says it needs for the fight against Islamic State.
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Iran executes a woman convicted for killing a man whom she said tried to sexually abuse her – despite an international campaign urging a reprieve.
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When President Obama announced that US and Arab warplanes had begun strikes against IS in Syria, he also said the US strikes had targeted the little-known Khorasan group. But who are they?
The expansion of the US-led air war to Syria is a powerful display of America’s bona fides to the allies it says it needs for the fight against Islamic State.
As US and Arab warplanes strike Islamic State forces inside Syria, will the UK recall parliament to vote on the issue of British involvement, one year after Labour scuppered action against Assad?
Social media users in the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, are among the first to report US air strikes on the city. One told Channel 4 News that the west must consider civilian casualties.
Turkey closes some of its border crossings with Syria following an influx of more than 100,000 Kurdish refugees in two days, fleeing an advance by the Islamic State.
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