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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of a military operation to recapture Falluja from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
2016-05-22

Turkish shelling kills 55 Islamic State of Iraq and Syria insurgents in northern Syria in retaliation for rocket attacks on Kilis, a Turkish border town. [https:--www.reuters.com-article-us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUSKCN0XZ05R (Reuters)] [http:--www.dailyprogress.com-news-world-wire-report-turkey-attacks-is-in-syria-militants-killed-article_4b13cd44-6a6b-5be8-91ba-5d4b5cf3af2b.html ("Daily Progress")] Three Spanish journalists were released after being abducted around Aleppo, Syria, and held hostage by the Al-Nusra Front since 13 July 2015. [https:--www.telegraph.co.uk-news-2016-05-07-three-spanish-journalists-released-in-syria-by-al-qaeda-group-af- ("The Telegraph")] Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
2016-05-8

Three Americans are missing, feared kidnapped, in Baghdad. Several unconfirmed reports claim that they were kidnapped by a shi'ite militant group.
2016-01-17

A small plane crashes into a house in the American town of Gaithersburg, Maryland near Washington, D.C. with 5 people dead.
2014-12-8

North Korea says it will put on trial two American tourists, Jeffrey Fowle and Michael Miller, for crimes against the state.
2014-06-30

American classical pianist Van Cliburn dies in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, at the age of 78.
2013-02-27

American country music singer Mindy McCready dies as the result of a suspected suicide at the age of 37.
2013-02-17

American 1950s pop singer Patti Page, best known for the "Tennessee Waltz" and "(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window" dies in Encinitas, California.
2013-01-1

An Israeli court rules that Israel is not responsible for the death of American activist Rachel Corrie at the hands of an Israeli Army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.
2012-08-28

Two Western journalists are killed in the Syrian city of Homs, American Marie Colvin working for the "Sunday Times" and French photographer Remi Ochlik.
2012-02-22