Turkey’s Erdogan Offers Condolences Over WWI Killings Of Armenians
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered condolences to descendants of the victims of the mass killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians during World War I by Ottoman forces. In an April 23...
View ArticleVox Pop: Armenians React To Erdogan’s Statement On WWI Killings
Published 24 April 2014 Speaking to RFE/RL at the Armenian Genocide memorial complex, Yerevan residents expressed disappointment with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statement on the mass...
View ArticleBritish Islamists Accused of Brutal Killings in Syria
(BBC) — Britons make up most of the foreign members in Syria’s most violent terror group, a senior rebel leader says. In a letter to The Times, Brig-Gen Abdulellah al-Basheer of the Free Syrian Army...
View ArticleExplainer: Why Is It So Hard To Stop ‘Honor Killings’?
In some societies, it is common for men to think of wives and daughters as both assets and liabilities. So long as they are obedient to their fathers and husbands, they are a source of pride. But if...
View ArticleU.S. Memo Justifying Drone Killings Is Released
The secret memo outlining the U.S. government’s justification for the use of drones to kill American terrorism suspects abroad was released by court order on June 23. The heavily-redacted memo said the...
View ArticleUN chief condemns ‘atrocious’ Gaza killings
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the killing of dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by Israeli shelling as an “atrocious action” and called for an immediate end to almost two weeks...
View ArticleMediators Voice Concern Over ‘Targeted Killings Of Civilians’
International mediators in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict have voiced “serious concern” over the increase in tensions and violence in the region, including “the targeted killings of civilians.” Russian,...
View ArticleTurkish Parliament Speaker Objects to German Counterpart’s Definition of...
Turkish Parliament Speaker Objects to German Counterpart’s Definition of Killings of Armenians In a letter sent to the president of the German Bundestag, Norbert Lammert, Turkish Parliament Speaker...
View ArticleForced Conversions Lead to Killings in Iraq Villages
BAGHDAD — The extremist gunmen had surrounded the village for more than a week, refusing to let residents leave and insisting that they convert to Islam. A handful did, and when the village’s elders...
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IS Killings Raise Fears of Yezidi Backlash Against Arabs
Qasim Said (extreme right), housed with other Yezidi refugees at a makeshift shelter, says he never thought Arabs in Shingal would turn on their Yezidi neighbors (photo: Judit Neurink).DOHUK, Kurdistan...
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