Syria: catching the bus to Islamic State’s capital
“If you have a young man of army age in your bus or someone they think is a spy, there’s nothing you can do. They take them off the bus, beat them and send them back to Raqqa.”
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The attacks in France dominated the headlines, while the media were accused of ignoring other victims of the so-called Islamic State’s global campaign of terror.
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says government forces are planning to liberate Mosul, the group’s last stronghold in Iraq, after taking control of Ramadi from the insurgents.
Iraq’s armed forces say they have fought their way to the centre of Ramadi, where Islamic State militants are holed up.
Saudi Arabia is leading an alliance of Muslim countries to combat Islamic State and other terrorist organisations.
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The Turkish government says it believes Islamic State was responsible for suicide bombings in Ankara that killed at least 97 people.
“If you have a young man of army age in your bus or someone they think is a spy, there’s nothing you can do. They take them off the bus, beat them and send them back to Raqqa.”
France has launched airstrikes against the jihadi group in Syria for the first time and calls for a “global solution” to the Syrian crisis.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he would consider a coalition against Islamic State, but this would be unlikely to include those backing rebel groups in his country.
Islamic State militants have destroyed Palmyra’s ancient temple of Baalshamin, Syria’s head of antiquities tells Channel 4 News.
Syrian antiquities scholar Khaled Asaad is reported to have been beheaded by Islamic State militants in the ancient city of Palmyra.