Plus. After a hard fought battle in south korea, meet asias first shopstick champion. For more than a year, its been the site of massacres and enslavement. Now fighters have recaptured sinjaar from isil. Fighters say they encountered little resistance. Isil killed or enslaved thousands of people from the yazidi when its fighters took over sinjaar in the last year. Days later, the start of a broader Coalition Campaign against the armed group. Sinjaar has huge strategic value. It sits on highway 47 which isil has been using to move supplies and fighters. The highway is also part of a network of roads that linked two of isils strong holds. We have a report from just outside sinjaar now. Reporter theyve been arriving here since thursday hoping to go home to sinjaar town. This is northern iraq. One of the routes into sinjaar and an important supply line. I just dont want to be here anymore. I dont care whether my house is burnt to the ground. They wont let people leave here because they say
Creates Drinking Water out of air. Kurdish Officials Say theyre liberated the city of sinjaar from isil. Isil took over the city a year ago performing atrocities there against citizens mainly the yazidi citizens. Elsewhere, a coalition of arab, christian, and kurdish rebel factions has pushed isil out of a town insyria. Reporter theyve been arriving here since thursday hoping to go home to sinjaar town. This is in northern iraq, one of the routes into sinjaar and an important supply line for the offensive. The news that kurdish pashmerga forces have defeated isil and declared the town liberated has given hope to the yazidi who practice an ancient religion. I just dont want to be here anymore. I want to find out whats happened. I dont care whether my house is burned to the ground. I just want to see my home. The kurdish pashmerga wont let people leave here because they say they need to clear and hold the town itself and the surrounding areas. Isil have used the tactic to devastating eff
Israeli Officials Say they did not target i all nighted Nations School in gaza today. Gaza residents were using the school as a shelter when it was hit by several owe explosions. Palestinian officials blame the israeli militarism they say israeli shells hit the school. The israelis say they are investigate the attack and suggested air and shots by hamas fighters may have caused the expollutions. Officials say at least 15 people killed, dozens more wounds. Al jazerras Stephanie Dekker has more now from gaza. Reporter they should have been safe. Everyone here had left their homes to the supposed safety of a makeshift u. N. Shelter. All our children are in the school and us too, go and see, they shelled us with rockets, there are childrens body parts there is no safety, no security anywhere. Its close to the border with israel and its been an area thats been hit hard. When we drove here there was heavy shelling in the area. Translator they told us we should evacuate the school because isr
A head constable here has been booked on the charges of rape, molestation, extortion, blackmail and forced abortion of a woman, officials said on Sunday.