Thousands flee as Russian-backed offensive threatens to besiege Aleppo

 

Residents inspect damage after airstrikes by pro-Syrian government forces in the rebel held Al-Shaar neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria February 4, 2016. Reuters/Abdalrhman Ismail

Turkish border troops block Syrian masses fleeing IS

Syrians carry belongings back to the city center of the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, as seen from Turkey at the Turkish crossing of Akcakale in the southeast Sanliurfa province, on June 13, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)

Water cannons, warnings shots fired to turn back thousands seeking to escape fighting between Islamic State and Kurdish rebels

‘Piles of bodies’ in attacked Boko Haram town: fisherman

Screengrab taken on July 13, 2014, from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram shows leader Abubakar Shekau (C) (AFP Photo/)

Humiliated Kurdish leaders order counter-strike against advancing Islamic State fighters

Displaced families from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjarl west of Mosul, arrive at Dohuk province.

Questions asked about Kurdish Peshmerga troops after extremist militants execute lightening strike and send thousands fleeing for their lives