Ramadi (Iraq) (AFP) – The Islamic State group launched attacks on Iraqi bases in two western towns that left at least 17 members of the security forces and 40 jihadists dead, security and medical sources said Thursday. http://news.yahoo.com/40-jihadists-17-police-army-killed-iraq-clashes-105052658.html
Baghdad (AFP) – Jihadists attacked an Iraqi army base west of Baghdad with six suicide bombers, killing 40 soldiers and capturing at least 70 others who fled, a senior army officer said Monday. http://news.yahoo.com/jihadists-kill-40-iraqi-soldiers-capture-least-70-185300991.html
The U.N.’s World Food Program (WFP) is so strapped for funds that it has no choice but to soon cut its nutrition aid to millions of needy Syrians by 40 percent, Reuters reported. Nearly 6 million Syrians affected by the country’s civi… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/un-food-aid-cuts-syria_n_5862806.html