Outcry as IS ‘wrecks’ Assyrian site
Archaeologists and officials express outrage about the reported bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants. BBC News – Middle East
Archaeologists and officials express outrage about the reported bulldozing of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq by Islamic State (IS) militants. BBC News – Middle East
Dozens of Syrian security personnel and rebels have been killed in an attack on an intelligence facility in the city of Aleppo, activists say. BBC News – Middle East
Fierce clashes are taking place in and around the Iraqi city of Tikrit, as soldiers and militiamen attack Islamic State positions, officials say. BBC News – Middle East
Iraq launches military operation to recapture Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit from Islamic State, Iraqi TV says. BBC News – Middle East
An Egyptian court designates the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, accusing it of supporting an insurgency in northern Sinai. BBC News – Middle East
The widow of a UK aid worker killed by “Jihadi John”, the masked IS militant identified as a man from London, tells the BBC she wants him caught alive. BBC News – Middle East