The United Nations has released $70 million in aid to nations of the world that have suffered devastating emergencies. United Nations Under-Secretary-General of Humanitarian Affairs, Stephan O’Brien, communicated in a statement from his office that while this allocation of funds will provide help, there is little question whether sources of more funding will be needed […]
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The wife of Islamic State (ISIS) leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been arrested, according to Lebanon authorities. The defense minister corroborated reports that al-Baghdadi’s wife and alleged son had been picked up. Col. Anis Khoury, military spokesman, added that the army is heading the investigation, but could not provide more information. As-Safir, a Lebanese publication, […]
Iraq is home to an ethnic and religious minority called the Yazidi, who have now fled into the mountains,  another casualty of the beginning of ISIS’s  plan to conquer the Middle East. Vian Dakhil, a politician representing the Yazidi, was in tears at a session of Iraq’s Parliament as she told of women being enslaved by ISIS fighters and her people […]
