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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. |
PHOTO GALLERY 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. |