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Warrants in D.C. Turkish embassy protest attack keep growing
Capitol police are pursuing charges against 14, including members of the president’s entourage and two Canadians
Mourners pay tribute to young Canadian man who died fighting ISIS alongside Kurdish militia
Nazzareno Tassone, 24, is the second Canadian volunteer to die overseas, and part of a stream of young men and women who have been drawn to the fight against the Islamic State.
Dunkirk’s Migrant Crisis: Breaking Borders (Dispatch 9)
VICE News reports from the migrant and refugee camp in Dunkirk, northern France, where around 2,500 people are living in deplorable conditions, and meets some of the camp’s residents, who hope for a better life after escaping war and persecution.
First Foreigner Killed Fighting Against Islamic State Was an Australian Army Reservist
A number of foreign fighters are fighting with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units against the Islamic State in Syria, and on Tuesday the first of them reportedly died in combat.
Video Shows Kurdish Fighters Breaking Islamic State Siege of Iraq's Mount Sinjar
The offensive, backed by US-led airstrikes, opened up a secure corridor to liberate thousands of members of the Yazidi minority who have been trapped there since fleeing an August assault by the jihadists.
Soccer, International Politics, and ISIS
Deniz Naki went from being a solid Bundesliga player to a soccer refugee after the latest case of geopolitics crossing over into sports.
An Introduction and Field Guide to the Fighting in Iraq
If you're confused about the Iraq conflict, you're not alone. But VICE News can help explain the bloody sectarianism and a deadly proxy war.
A Field Guide to Iraq’s Fighting Factions, Part 4: Odd Men Out — the Russians and the Kurds
Iraq is turning into the UN of proxy wars and sectarian bloodshed, summed up by an unnamed Defense Department analyst as “fucking bonkers.”
A Field Guide to Iraq’s Fighting Factions, Part 3: Who Gets Iraq — Iran or the US?
There’s not much local support for keeping Iraq together, leaving Iran and the US to fight it out — both of whom may be reluctant to do so.
A Field Guide to Iraq’s Fighting Factions, Part 2: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
He’s a suspicious, suspicious soul with a lax attitude toward corruption and a nasty authoritarian streak.
A Field Guide to Iraq’s Fighting Factions, Part 1: Team Sunni
While none of the four teams fighting in Iraq are monolithic or especially cohesive, Team Sunni takes infighting to another level.
Reports Emerge That Judge Who Sentenced Saddam Hussein to Death Has Been Killed by ISIS
Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman, who was ethnically Kurdish, led the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal during Saddam’s trial in 2006.