Week in pictures: From deadly ISIL attack in Moscow to drought in Vietnam
A roundup of some of the main events last week. Source link
A roundup of some of the main events last week. Source link
On Thursday morning, US State Department official Ian McCary sat down in a blue suit, red tie and brown shoes for a question-and-answer session at The Washington Institute to mark the fifth anniversary of the “defeat” of ISIL (ISIS) in Syria. The US-led coalition, along with its local partners, had on March 23, 2019 pushed [...]read moreMoscow concert hall attack: How did ISIL recoup, five years after ‘defeat’? | Armed Groups News
More than 133 people have been killed and more than 100 others were injured following a brazen attack on concertgoers at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall before a performance by a Soviet-era rock band on Friday. Assailants dressed in camouflage uniforms opened fire and reportedly threw explosive devices inside the concert venue, which was left in [...]read moreMoscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia? | ISIL/ISIS News
Aleksandra Chanysheva is convinced that lax security is what made the Friday night attack on a concert hall just northwest of Moscow possible. “Guards are the most ridiculed and underpaid people in Russia,” the 51-year-old teacher of Russian language and literature at a public school told Al Jazeera. “And they do their work in the [...]read moreWho’s to blame for the Moscow massacre? ISIL, Ukraine or Russia itself? | Vladimir Putin News