As the death toll rises beyond 17,000 with tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on 6 February, Education International has issued an urgent action appeal calling member organisations to show solidarity and financial support to education unions engaged in relief actions on the ground.
Ruslan Maratovich Asainov was captured in Syria after becoming a sniper instructor for the Islamic State group. He was found guilty this week of providing support to the terrorist organization.
Ruslan Asainov abruptly pulled up roots in the U.S. in 2013 and made his way to Syria to become a “warrior, sniper and sniper trainer” for the jihadi organization.
The Defendant Became a Sniper and Weapons Instructor for the Foreign Terrorist Organization, and Fought in Multiple Battles in Syria Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, New York, of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide materialThe Defendant Became a Sniper and Weapons Instructor for the Foreign Terrorist Organization, and Fought in Multiple Battles in Syria Today, a federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Ruslan Maratovich Asainov, a U.S. citizen and former resident of Bay Ridge, New York, of all five counts of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to provide material » The FINANCIAL America