Washington (AFP) – The US Marine Corps plans to deploy 2,300 troops to the Middle East for a new unit designed to quickly respond to crises in the volatile region, the Pentagon said Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/us-marines-crisis-unit-deploy-mideast-225822453.html
More than a hundred thousand people, mostly Kurds, have crossed from Syria into Turkey in the past four days, fleeing a fierce offensive by Islamic State militants in the Kurdish region close to the border. Desperate civilians started to reach th… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/syria-refugees-turkey-photos_n_5861070.html
The staggering death toll from the Syrian conflict has grown even further as at least 200 people were killed Tuesday, an opposition group said. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/17/world/meast/syria-crisis/index.html?hpt=imi_c2