AvatarHenry KangUkraine rebels free OSCE monitors, three Ukrainians killed in attackverified_publisherReuters - Aleksandar VasovicDONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday released a second group of four monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) who had been seized on May 29, a Reuters witness said. Their release, which followed the freeing of …
AvatarHenry KangIraqi Army, in New Show of Force, Drives Back Insurgents in Major City (Published 2014)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Rod NordlandBAGHDAD — The Iraqi Army on Saturday drove Islamic extremists from the center of a major city in central Iraq, for the first time mounting a concerted assault against insurgents who had charged to within 50 miles of Baghdad. Independent sources, including local officials and witnesses, confirmed …
AvatarHenry KangOnce a Militant Stronghold in Iraq, Now a Battleground Again (Published 2014)verified_publisherThe New York Times - C. J. ChiversAL-DAIRA, Iraq — At one house, Iraq’s national flag fluttered atop a building that Iraqi soldiers had captured from militants two days before. At another, smashed household goods and furniture were scattered on the floor. Outside a third, hosting a meeting of Iraqi security force commanders, a …
AvatarHenry KangPro-Russian Crimeans celebrate landslide vote for return to motherlandverified_publisherThe Guardian - Harriet SalemSevastopol residents celebrate 'going home' after 23 years as part of Ukraine, with 95.5% backing reunion with Russia
AvatarHenry KangRussian forces expanding rapidly in Ukraine as Crimea votes on independenceThe TelegraphUkraine has warned Russia has rapidly increased troop numbers in Crimea as the region votes in a referendum on secession in the midst of a Cold War-style crisis between the former Soviet states. Within two hours of polling stations opening 30 per cent of registered voters had already cast their …
AvatarHenry KangPolitical Killings Still Plaguing Post-Qaddafi Libya (Published 2014)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Carlotta GallTRIPOLI, Libya — For Judge Jamal Bennour, one of the leaders of the Libyan uprising, the day the revolution turned sour was when his friend and fellow lawyer, Abdul-Salam al-Musmari, was shot dead in front of him. It was last July, nearly two years after the two had helped topple Col. Muammar …