Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Wednesday 22 October 2014

SPIEGEL ONLINEINTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER 

Compiled on October 22, 2014, 08:32 PM CET

BATTLE FOR KOBANI

As the World Watches, Turkey Looks Away

For weeks now, the world has grown worried as Islamic State jihadists have tried to take the Kurdish city of Kobani in Syria. As the US has stepped up airstrikes, Turkey's actions have revealed that it is pursuing its own contradictory political agenda.

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The Ongoing Fight for Kobani

For weeks now, Kurdish fighters have been desperately trying to prevent Islamic State jihadists from taking control of the town of Kobani. US airstrikes are likewise doing their part. Turkey, though, has shown itself to be more worried about the Kurds than about the Islamist extremists.

EVE OF ELECTION

A Fractured Ukraine, United in Uncertainty

As the Ukrainian election approaches, citizens are both hopeful and skeptical about their country's future. But their biggest concern isn't the war in the east or Russian interference -- it's the country's need for a working state.