AvatarRyan J Slavinflipped into European Modern HistoryThe Murder of Grigori Rasputinhistorytoday.com - Richard CavendishThe 'healer' and friend to Tsar Nicholas II was killed on 17 December 1916. Born into a peasant family in Siberia in 1869, Grigori Efimovich Rasputin …
AvatarRyan J Slavinflipped into The Iraq War & Related Conflict In The Middle East Mosul battle: IS 'may use civilians as human shields'bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsAt least 200 Iraqi families have been made to leave their homes for Mosul by Islamic State (IS) fighters and could be used as human shields, the UN warns. A coalition of forces began an advance on the IS-held city, the second largest in Iraq, on Monday. The UN human rights office says IS made the 200 …
AvatarRyan J Slavinflipped into The Iraq War & Related Conflict In The Middle East Sykes-Picot 100 years onverified_publisherThe EconomistHow the carve-up of the Middle East compares with today's borders
