RFE/RL IRAQ REPORT
24.09.2014
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Addressing the UN General Assembly, U.S. President Barack Obama has called on the world to help destroy the Islamic State (IS) militants' "network of death" and to stand up for Ukraine’s sovereignty against Russia’s "aggression." More President Barack Obama has pledged to continue the fight against Islamic State militants following the first U.S.-led air strikes targeting the extremist group in Syria. More Ankara says tens of thousands of Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey over the past day, fleeing clashes with Islamic State militants. More Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has announced that 49 Turkish hostages seized by Islamic State (IS) militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been brought safely back to Turkey. More A law professor and a Christian religious leader in Iraq, an Azerbaijani rights defender, and Ukraine's pro-Western Euromaidan movement are among the nominees for the European Parliament’s 2014 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought. More U.S. President Barack Obama made a statement on September 18, thanking Congress for voting to help train and equip moderate Syrian rebels and also thanking France for offering to help in striking the Islamic State extremist group in Iraq. More Iranian President Hassan Rohani has condemned the widespread killing by radical Islamic State (IS) militants in the parts of Syria and Iraq that they control. More U.S. President Barack Obama says U.S. troops will have no combat role in Iraq. More Iran is not part of the international coalition against Islamic State militants. But it is waging a war of its own with the group that is likely to overlap with the U.S.-led effort in unpredictable ways. More |