Australia asylum seeker ‘brain-dead’
An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead after an infected cut led to septicaemia, a refugee activist says. BBC News – Middle East
An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead after an infected cut led to septicaemia, a refugee activist says. BBC News – Middle East
Iraqi Shia and Kurdish forces capture an Islamic State stronghold, as a BBC team enters Amerli the day after a two-month siege ends. BBC News – Middle East
Iraqi forces reach the besieged town of Amerli, where thousands of people have been trapped by jihadists, military officials say. BBC News – Middle East
The UN says Syria is now “the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era” with more than three million Syrians living outside the country as refugees. BBC News – Middle East
Islamic State (IS) militants appear to have killed “dozens” of Syrian soldiers captured after gaining control of the Tabqa airbase, activists say. BBC News – Middle East
The UN accuses IS militants of war crimes, and the Syrian government of using chemical agents in eight separate incidents in a new report. BBC News – Middle East