Recent News Headlines : London Borough Of Croydon

FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER HELD IN TURKEY OVER 'PRO-KURDISH PROPAGANDA'


Joe Robinson arrested on holiday in Turkey accused of posting photos on Facebook wearing Kurdish militia uniform... READ MORE

29th July, 2017 3067

ISLAMIC STATE ATTACK TARGETS SDF-HELD AREA IN SYRIA


The SDF is dominated by the Kurdish YPG militia, and is the main partner for the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Syria... READ MORE

28th July, 2017 20

DOZENS OF U.S. CIVILIANS ARE IN SYRIA FIGHTING AGAINST ISIS


A small group of freelance recruits have traveled to Syria from the U.S., Europe and other regions to help local forces fight the Islamic State... READ MORE

17th July, 2017 61

HOW MANY DIED IN THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE? ANGER RISES AS LONDON POLICE WON'T SAY FOR SURE


How many died in the Grenfell tower fire? Anger rises as London police won't say for sure... READ MORE

10th July, 2017 129

BBC JOURNALIST DETAINED AND DEPORTED FROM TURKEY


The Journalists Union of Turkey says 159 journalists have been jailed and 150 news outlets closed down amid deepening concerns over media freedoms in the country... READ MORE

30th June, 2017 0

KURDS SEE CHANCE TO ADVANCE THEIR CAUSE IN RUINS OF ISLAMIC STATE


Across the border in Raqqa, with five of its neighbourhoods under their control, Kurdish forces are contemplating what comes next for them and their cause... READ MORE

24th June, 2017 1529

REVENGE FOR SINJAR: SYRIAN KURDS FREE ISLAMIC STATE SLAVES


They have dubbed the operation revenge for the women of Sinjar, the homeland of Iraq's ancient Yazidi minority which Islamic State overran in the summer of 2014... READ MORE

14th June, 2017 1012

IRAQI GOVERNMENT REJECTS KURDISH MOVE FOR INDEPENDENCE


The disputed areas include swaths of northern territory that are claimed by both Kurdish Iraq and Baghdad, including the key oil-rich province of Kirkuk... READ MORE

9th June, 2017 1763

25 "HATE CRIME" ARRESTS BY POLICE SINCE LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK


London's Metropolitan Police Met said Wednesday night that 25 people had been arrested in the capital for hate crimes since Saturday's terror attack on London Bridge... READ MORE

8th June, 2017 0

BODY FOUND IN RIVER THAMES COULD BE EIGHT VICTIM


London attack Body found in River Thames could be eight victim... READ MORE

7th June, 2017 1733

LONDON ATTACKER HAD LIVED IN DUBLIN, MARRIED TO WOMAN NOW IN U.K. CUSTODY


The Irish police are responsible for national security in the country, which does not have a separate intelligence service... READ MORE

6th June, 2017 0

POLICE ARREST 12 IN CONNECTION WITH LONDON BRIDGE ATTACK


London cops have arrested 12 people in connection with terror attack that killed seven, the city's the Metropolitan Police Service announced Sunday morning... READ MORE

4th June, 2017 2179

Trending News Headlines : London Borough Of Croydon

DEAL REACHED ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM LIMITS ON FUEL WOULD LESSEN WITH TIME


Whether it portends a new relationship between the United States and Iran after decades of coups hostage-taking terrorism and sanctions remains a bigger question... READ MORE

15th July, 2015 15119

YAZIDIS WHO SUFFERED GENOCIDE ARE FLEEING AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME NOT FROM THE ISLAMIC STATE


Yazidis who suffered genocide are fleeing again, but this time not from the Islamic State... READ MORE

22nd March, 2017 7900

BRENDAN ONEILL THE WEST IS BETRAYING THE KURDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO BE MASSACRED


The PKK has close links with the YPG, the Kurdish People's Protection Units in Syria, who have been among the bravest battlers against Isil... READ MORE

29th July, 2015 7523

KURDISH WOMEN FIGHTERS BATTLE ISLAMIC STATE WITH MACHINEGUNS AND SONGS


On Thursday afternoon, women fighters were lined up on a dirt berm, their weapons pointed at the frontline with Islamic State about 700 meters away... READ MORE

4th November, 2016 7236

ISIL 'DRIVEN OUT' FROM TURKEY-SYRIA BORDER


After crossing the border on August 24, Turkish-backed Syrian rebels captured the border town of Jarablus from ISIL in 14 hours... READ MORE

5th September, 2016 5420

DENNIS SKINNER WARNS AGAINST MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA'S 'CRAZY WAR'


The veteran Labour left-winger accused Britain's allies Turkey of aiding Isis by shooting down Russian jets, bombing Kurdish forces, and buying oil from the militant group... READ MORE

26th November, 2015 4781

MET FACES SEX ABUSE COVER-UP INQUIRY


Metropolitan police probed over child abuse cover-up claims... READ MORE

16th March, 2015 3863

ANIMAL THERAPY COMFORTS TRAUMATISED IRAQI CHILDREN


Animals can help the children psychologically various research has shown this, and it is certainly applicable to children affected by the wars in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE

14th September, 2016 3429

MAN CHARGED OVER PECKHAM BABY DEATH ATTACK


A man is charged with child destruction and causing GBH after a heavily-pregnant woman is attacked and loses her baby in Peckham, south London... READ MORE

17th June, 2015 3164

ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ


But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE

3rd July, 2015 2771

REVEALED: UK MERCENARIES FIGHTING ISLAMIC STATE TERRORIST FORCES IN SYRIA


Former infantryman James Hughes, from Reading, and Jamie Read, from Lanarkshire, understood to be in Rojava, northern Syria... READ MORE

23rd November, 2014 2746

IS AND SYRIA KURDS IN FIERCE GUN BATTLES


Kurds are angry that Turkey has prevented fighters crossing the border to fight IS in Kobane... READ MORE

8th October, 2014 2323

SUCCESS OF KURDISH FORCES IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US


Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE

13th June, 2015 2099

GOALS DIVERGE AND PERILS REMAIN AS US AND TURKEY TAKE ON ISIS


Militias that have lately been the United States' main partners in fighting the Islamic State in Syria, but whom Turkey considers enemies... READ MORE

28th July, 2015 1823

KURDS PUSH ISLAMIC STATE OUT OF KOBANI AFTER FOUR-MONTH BATTLE


It has been a frontline in the battle against the group that has captured expanses of Iraq and Syria and proclaimed an Islamic caliphate... READ MORE

26th January, 2015 1757

AIR STRIKES 'STALL IS SYRIA ADVANCE'


Kobane air strikes stall is advance on syrian border town... READ MORE

10th October, 2014 1490

IRAQI WOMAN BATTLES ISIL, ONE STITCH AT A TIME


Former journalist starts business to meet rising demand for military uniforms for Kurdish soldiers in northern Iraq... READ MORE

5th September, 2016 1471

AIR STRIKES KILL CIVILIANS FLEEING SYRIA'S RAQQA


Elsewhere in Syria, government air strikes have hit the town of al-Houla in Homs province, and killed at least six civilians, the Observatory reported... READ MORE

25th April, 2017 1400

TURKEY TO ALLOW KURDISH PESHMERGA ACROSS ITS TERRITORY TO FIGHT IN KOBANI


Turkey has agreed to give passage as long as the peshmerga fighters bring back the weapons that they take in to Kobani... READ MORE

21st October, 2014 1346

A SYRIAN AND HIS AMERICAN WIFE ARE STUCK IN IRAQ BECAUSE OF TRUMP'S BAN


IRBIL, Iraq -- Wael Resol, 30, is an interpreter for journalists in this Kurdish area of northern Iraq... READ MORE

29th January, 2017 1219

KOBANI: US DROPS WEAPONS TO KURDS IN SYRIA


47 BST The US military says it has airdropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish forces defending the Syrian city of Kobani against Islamic State militants... READ MORE

20th October, 2014 1144

AIR STRIKES HIT ISIS POSITIONS AS JIHADISTS PUSH INTO KOBANI


Capturing Kobani would give Isis a direct link between its positions in the Syrian province of Aleppo and its stronghold of Raqqa to the east... READ MORE

7th October, 2014 1086

FRESH FIGHTING IN KEY SYRIAN TOWN


The new fighting came as Turkey said it would allow Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters to cross into Syria to fight IS... READ MORE

21st October, 2014 1073

MACER GIFFORD WE COULD DEFEAT ISLAMIC STATE WITHIN A YEAR I KNOW BECAUSE I FOUGHT THEM


I was under no illusion that my presence on the frontline was going to win the war against Isil... READ MORE

18th September, 2015 1057

A BABY NAMED TRUMP AND ADMIRATION FOR A NEW U.S. PRESIDENT IN NORTHERN IRAQ


What I like most and admire about Donald Trump is that he's a confident man and a successful businessman... READ MORE

21st January, 2017 999

JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES TRIBUTES PAID 10 YEARS AFTER DEATH


Family members have paid tribute to Jean Charles de Menezes at the Tube station where he was shot dead by police 10 years ago... READ MORE

22nd July, 2015 986

'LEFT-OF-LAUNCH' ATTACKS MAY BE BRINGING NORTH KOREAN MISSILES DOWN


Community leaders, police and local Kurdish people gathered at the scene in Shrublands Avenue on Wednesday... READ MORE

6th April, 2017 958

US TO BALKANIZE SYRIA UNDER KURDISH PRETEXT


The latest group to gain the full support of the US on the ground in Syria is the Syrian Kurdish YPG forces People's Protection Units ... READ MORE

3rd April, 2017 919

IRAQI KURDS IN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE ISIL-HELD TOWN


Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar... READ MORE

12th November, 2015 873

ISIS DUMPING DEAD BODIES ON SYRIAN STREETS CAUSES DEADLY 'FLESH-EATING' DISEASE TO SPREAD


A Syrian Kurdish fighter reportedly told other news agencies We did not have knowledge about this deadly disease before... READ MORE

4th December, 2015 802


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