According to the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR, more than 70,000 Kurdish refugees are rushing towards the Turkish borders following news from Syrian and Turkey Kurdish fighters that Islamic State (IS) militants are closing into the Kurdish safe zone. Villages conquered by the IS towards the village were described as “genocidal operations.” A Kurdish commander…
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki refuses to hand in his resignation despite the US provision of air strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The US views Maliki’s sectarian policies as the driving force behind the Sunni Militant groups’ attacks. Currently, the ISIS holds Iraq’s biggest oil refinery in Baiji. Iraqi Foreign Minister…