Monday, August 18, 2014
The Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) which were set up by Yezidi youths and volunteers who fled to Mount Sinjar after the occupation of Sinjar by ISIS gangs, dealt a big blow to the ISIS gangs and liberated the village of Bare.
According to information coming through, the Sinjar Resistance Units noticed ISIS gangs, who were using the village of Bare as a military base, heading towards the safe corridor through which people from Sinjar can reach safety.
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Ukraine’s military says dozens of people have been killed after a convoy carrying refugees from the eastern, rebel-held city of Luhansk was hit by pro-Russian separatists.
The rebels deny responsibility but Ukrainian officials say victims were burned alive as rocket fire hit their buses.
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Sunday, August 17, 2014
According to an official source in the Kurdish Peshmerga forces, the Peshmerga seized full control of the Mosul Dam. He also reiterated that American air stikes against sites of militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant were integral in aiding Peshmerga forces.
The source said, in an interview for IraqiNews.com, that “Peshmerga forces seized control of the entire Mosul Dam,” adding that “the elements of ISIL are currently inside the residential compound of Mosul Dam.”
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Yemen’s transition president Abdrabu Mansour Hadi has ordered to set a popular army to fight the heavily armed Houthi Group in Jawf gvernorate after a ceasefire between the army and pro-government tribal fighters and Houthis collapsed, Jawf governr told the UAE Etihad Newspaper on Friday.
Governor Mohammed Bin Aboud was qouted as saying that Hadi ordered to set up a camp of trbal fighters from Jawf and Marib governorates to fight the Houthi militants who are trying to take over Jawf.
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The rebel leader in Donetsk has said a column of military hardware is on its way to eastern Ukraine from Russia. Meanwhile, his fighters appeared to bolster their positions on the front lines, where they are fighting pitched battles with government forces in a desperate attempt to hold onto their ever-shrinking territory.
Alexander Zakharchenko, the newly appointed prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said during a meeting with separatist leaders that a column of military vehicles with weapons and personnel was advancing toward the Ukrainian frontier from Russia.
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