Saving Kobane – Aljazeera.com

Aljazeera.comSaving KobaneAljazeera.comOn August 7, US President Barack Obama ordered airstrikes to stop the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Iraqi Kurdistan's regional capital, Erbil. For many Kurds, the airstrikes underscored what they felt has been a genuine …Turkey Has Been Consistent, Just …

Syria-Iraq fight gets a name: ‘Inherent Resolve’

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's less punchy than previous nicknames for U.S. conflicts in the Middle East — remember Operation Desert Storm and its thunderous attacks against Saddam Hussein? — but the Pentagon has finally named its fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria: Operation Inherent Resolve.

Philippines police file charges against U.S. Marine in murder case

MANILA (Reuters) – Police in the Philippines filed murder charges on Wednesday against a U.S. Marine over the death of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar outside the former U.S. naval base of Subic Bay. The Philippine government also wants to take custody of Private First Class …