With a ceasefire in tatters, American-backed Kurdish and Arab rebels are moving south while Russian and Syrian government forces are advancing quickly north
With fingers pointing in all directions, the fragile ceasefire between the Assad regime and Syria's militants has broken down, setting the stage for a resumption in hostilities.
Up to 25 young people who espouse radical ideology are supposed to voluntarily check in to the center in Beaumont-en-Veron, a town of about 2,800 people located 210 miles southwest of Paris. They can return home on the weekends if they choose.
"Americans, they will really kill them, they will try to kidnap them to get ransom," Rodrigo Duterte said of Islamic State affiliate Abu Sayyaf in a speech on Monday.
Assad expressed dismay that, "after five years, some people still haven't woken up from their fantasies," and vowed to retake "every area from the terrorists and to rebuild."
Anjem Choudary, the Islamist preacher who has praised the 9/11 hijackers and called for the implementation of sharia law across the United Kingdom, was sentenced to five years in prison.
The attack is indicative of the complicated situation in Syria, where NATO member Turkey is allied with the US against Islamic State, while the US also supports the Kurds, who support a Kurdish insurgency in Turkey.
Despite efforts to ban the modest bathing suit, sales of the burkini have skyrocketed and Amazon France now has 146 different listings for the head-covering swimsuit.
Since the Islamic State swept into Sinjar in August, 2014, the women have been treated as property of the group's fighters, who marry, trade, or sell them.
