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Canadian ambassador attacks Islamic State atrocities, wants public discourse on religion

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Canadian ambassador for religious freedom Andrew Bennett said that the current outburst of ethno-religious hatred, expulsions and murders by militants from the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq has risen to the level of genocide. “ISIS is a barbaric terrorist group that has taken Sunni Islam and warped it, distorted it, twisted it and usurped it for its own …

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Arab League nations agree to “confront” IS extremists

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Arab League nations on Sunday agreed to take the “necessary measures” to confront militants from the Islamic State, Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said after they meet in Cairo. “The Arab foreign ministers have agreed to take the necessary measures to confront terrorist groups including (the Islamic State)”, Arabi said at a press conference, without explicitly supporting calls from the …

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Syria: IS executes hundreds of federal soldiers from captured garrison

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Extremists from the Islamic State have executed over 160 Syrian soldiers fleeing from them, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. The assault is the latest of several human rights abuses in the country which have alarmed Western powers, who are afraid of a global escalation of terror. The killings come as US President Barack Obama is reportedly …

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Islamic State in Syria, Back With a Vengeance

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The Islamic State’s stunning advances in Syria over the past month defy basic military instincts. Consider, for example, the group’s remarkable turn of fortunes in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor in recent months, where ISIS—as the group was formerly known—all but vanished in February after local rebels joined forces to batter the remaining ISIS strongholds in the province. Rebel …

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US “ready” to increase aid to Iraq

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On Wednesday, the United States of America vowed to increase aid to Iraq, after scrambling to respond to a Jihadist offensive that has already captured two Iraqi cities and is heading towards Baghdad. Jen Psaki, spokeswoman for the State Department, said that the United States is committed to “working with the Iraqi government and leaders across Iraq to support a …

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