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Amberin Zaman @amberinzaman 18m18 minutes ago
HDP hq in Ankara now under attack, party officials say they are not receiving police protection #Turkey
Parts of largest Syrian oilfield still in government’s hands captured by IS http://ow.ly/RVy4J http://fb.me/2mWGmEdHS
“Like Saddam, he understood the political utility of brutality in the name of religion.” The story of Baghdadi: http://brook.gs/1JhPata
Kirkuk governor on gains against IS http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031kqhz?ocid=socialflow_twitter … http://fb.me/3hOhRh90s
Hugh Pope @Hugh_Pope 10h10 hours ago CRISIS GROUP
In seven weeks of new Turkey/PKK clashes, informal ICG count shows 201 killed. This already 22% of our 928 est. toll in 2011-2013 upsurge.