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 Aleppo Is a ‘Slaughterhouse,’ Says U.N. Official Seeking War Crimes Inquiryverified_publisherThe New York Times - By Nick Cumming-Bruce and Anne BarnardGENEVA — The top United Nations human rights official on Friday called the weekslong bombardment and siege of rebel-held parts of Aleppo “crimes of historic proportions” that had turned the ancient Syrian city into a “slaughterhouse.” As a “humanitarian pause” in attacks, declared unilaterally by …
AvatarRyan J Slavinflipped into The Iraq War & Related Conflict In The Middle East At the Mosul Front: Traps, Smoke Screens and Suicide Bombersverified_publisherThe New York Times - By Bryan Denton and Michael R. GordonMr. Denton, a Times photographer, and Mr. Gordon, a Times military correspondent, are with Kurdish forces near Sheikh Amir, Iraq, on the eastern approach to Mosul. The Kurdish pesh merga forces started their advance by moonlight, in the early hours of Monday. East of the Islamic State-held city of …
AvatarRyan J Slavinflipped into The Iraq War & Related Conflict In The Middle East Flee or Stay? For Mosul Residents, Both Choices Are Riskyverified_publisherThe New York Times - By Tim ArangoMr. Arango, the Times Baghdad bureau chief, is reporting from villages and humanitarian aid camps near Mosul. JADAA, Iraq — The first thing Musar Abid did when he escaped the Islamic State this week was grab a razor. “I shaved this morning,” he said, smiling and pointing to his cheeks, smooth for the …
AvatarRyan J Slavinflipped into The Iraq War & Related Conflict In The Middle East Sykes-Picot 100 years onverified_publisherThe EconomistBy DATA TEAM
