(bbc.com) At least 15 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels have been killed in clashes with Islamic State militants, as they move on the group’s stronghold of Dabiq. A monitoring group reported that the rebels were killed by landmines that exploded while they attempted to secure the village of Turkman Barih. One rebel commander said he expected to reach Dabiq, which is about… Read more »
Out of all the articles I posted I wanted to start with possibly the most bizarre article that really got my attention. The fact that an Egyptian Billionaire is willing to buy an island for refugees is really something I would have not expected at all. He is worried about the living conditions of the refugees and the fact that… Read more »
(The Independent) Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawaris offers to ‘buy island’ in Mediterranean to help refugees An Egyptian billionaire says he has considered buying an island in the Mediterranean to help house refugees fleeing conflict and instability. Naguib Sawiris tweeted his “crazy idea” earlier this week, offering to purchase one of the empty islands that cluster off the coasts of Italy… Read more »
(Al Jazeera) The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria’s peace process back on track, including a nationwide ceasefire. The deal, agreed upon by US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, aims at halting fighting in Syria and moving towards a political transition after over five years of combat… Read more »
(France 24) With Iranians blocked from this month’s hajj pilgrimage, their supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a furious rebuke to rival Saudi Arabia, saying the Muslim world should challenge its management of Islam’s holiest sites. “Saudi rulers… who have blocked the proud and faithful Iranian pilgrims’ path to the Beloved’s House, are disgraced and misguided people who think their… Read more »
A senior military commander and founding member of the Syrian rebel group Jabhat Fatah al-Sham, formerly known as the Nusra Front, has been killed by a US air strike that hit a meeting of the group’s leaders, rebels said. Abu Hajer al-Homsi, whose real name was Abu Omar Saraqeb, was killed in a raid on a rural part of Aleppo… Read more »