Authorities in France have declared a three-day mourning period for 129 victims of the coordinated attacks in Paris last Friday. But as the world shares in its grief, France has said that it would not succumb to blackmail from the Islamic state, IS, which claimed responsibility for the attacks. They are living up to that…
IS Threatens Refugee With Image of Drown Toddler
As more Syrians migrate to European countries, the jihadist Islamic State group has used the shocking image of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi to warn refugees against trying to flee to the West, calling it a “major sin”. Three-year-old Aylan’s body was photographed lying in the sand in Bodrum, Turkey after he drowned in a…
US hits IS oil targets in Syria
The US-led coalition has targeted oil refineries in Syria during a third night of air strikes against Islamic State, IS, militants. The raids, carried out by US, Saudi and UAE aircraft, killed 14 IS fighters and five civilians in eastern Syria, activists said. The US military said the refineries generated as much as $2 million…