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‘I paid $90,000 to free my family from IS’

‘I paid $90,000 to free my family from IS’

Posted by | Apr 9, 2018 | , |

Khalid Taalo Khudhur al-Ali fled with his wife and children as Islamic State militants attacked their town in Iraq in 2014, but 19 other members of his family were captured. Over the last four years he has paid $90,000 for the release of 10 of them. But now, after the defeat of IS, he fears that any survivors may be beyond his reach. On 26 September last year, a red pick-up truck pulled into Sharya in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Inside sat 16-year-old Shaima. As the vehicle drew into the small, dusty village, friends and family crowded...

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Trump: ‘big price to pay’ for Syria chemical weapons attack

Trump: ‘big price to pay’ for Syria chemical weapons attack

Posted by | Apr 9, 2018 | |

Donald Trump warned there will be a “big price to pay” for a chemical strike in a rebel-held Damascus suburb that killed at least 42 people on Saturday, as the UK and France called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations security council in reaction to the the attack. The security council will meet twice on Monday. Russia, a backer of Bashar al-Assad, also called for a session. The atrocity came amid a barrage by regime jets, helicopters and artillery on the district of Douma, which the European Union said pointed to “yet another chemical attack by the...

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Syria war: At least 70 killed in suspected chemical attack in Douma

Syria war: At least 70 killed in suspected chemical attack in Douma

Posted by | Apr 8, 2018 | , |

At least 70 people have died in a suspected chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, rescuers and medics say. Volunteer rescue force the White Helmets tweeted graphic images showing several bodies in basements. It said the deaths were likely to rise. There has been no independent verification of the reports. Syria’s government has called the allegations of a chemical attack a “fabrication”. The US state department said reports suggested “a potentially high number of casualties”, including families in shelters. It said Russia – with its “unwavering support” for Syria’s government – “ultimately bears...

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PAUL MANAFORT’S NEW LEGAL NIGHTMARE IS EVEN WORSE NEWS FOR TRUMP

PAUL MANAFORT’S NEW LEGAL NIGHTMARE IS EVEN WORSE NEWS FOR TRUMP

Posted by | Apr 4, 2018 | , |

The existence of the Rosenstein Memo blows a hole in Manafort’s defense-and sheds new light on the collusion question. The procedural defense put forward by Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager facing down Robert Mueller, may be fatally flawed. Lawyers for Manafort, who has pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen charges including conspiracy, tax fraud, and lying to the F.B.I., have argued that the allegations are unrelated to the question of collusion, and thus represent an act of overreach by the special counsel. But that defense crumbled on Tuesday, when it was revealed in a court...

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