US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took control of the strategic castle of Jaabar on the Euphrates River from the Islamic State. VOA’s Mahmoud Bali reports
US-backed Kurdish Forces Capture Historic Castle From IS Near Raqqa
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Pan-Turanism, Not Islam, Motivated the Armenian Genocide
A recently published book Remembering for the Future: Armenia, Auschwitz, and Beyond, edited by Michael Berenbaum, Richard Libowitz, and Marcia Sachs Littell, is a collection of scholarly papers delivered at a conference held at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, March 8-11, 2014. In […]
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On International Human Rights Day Shorter Welcomes Human Rights Commission
Ambassador Hugo Shorter has welcomed the new Human Rights Commission, in a speech to civil society, Lebanese officials and the international community. In the speech, which Shorter delivered at a reception to mark Human Rights Day, the British Ambassador also noted the importance of the […]
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Thanksgiving Day 2016 and 2017
Thanksgiving Day is a federal holiday. Thanksgiving is one of the most family-oriented holidays on the calendar, and it is easily the most “relaxed” of them since it is generally spent entirely at home with family and friends. Year Date Day Holiday State 2016 23 […]