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| Compiled on August 18, 2014, 04:25 PM CET |
| THE DRAMA OF SINJAR Escaping the Islamic State in Iraq Last week, thousands of Yazidis were evacuated from the Sinjar Mountains in Iraq, where they had fled due to marauding fighters from the Islamic State. Kurdish fighters from the PKK helped them escape, but it remains unclear if anyone can stop the IS jihadists. |
| TARGETING TURKEY How Germany Spies on Its Friends For more than a year now, German officials have criticized the US for the NSA's mass spying on Europeans and even Chancellor Angela Merkel. Now, embarrassing revelations show that Germany has inadvertently spied on Hillary Clinton and John Kerry, and has also deliberately targeted Turkey. |
