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UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, whose parents migrated to the UK, dubbed desperate refugees an "invasion". This is one refugee's story - a testimony to the unimaginable hardship suffered by those being demonised by some UK politicians.
In early 2011, the Arab Spring tore through Tunisia, then Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, and Jordan. Syria stood at the precipice as people rose up against the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled since 2000.
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Ankara was in talks with Moscow, which supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, about the operation.
On November 30, the Islamic State (IS) announced that its “caliph,” Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Abu al-Hassan), was killed and another leader, Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qureshi (Abu al-Hussein), was the new caliph (alarabiya.net, November 30). This was the second time in only one year that an IS caliph was killed, with both Abu al-Hassan and his own predecessor, Abu Ibrahim …
US Central Command announces the killing less than two weeks after ISIL said its leader was killed in battle.