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• Blackwater verdicts seen as watershed for accountability in war zones

  22 Oct 2014: Experts view successful prosecution of US security contractors responsible for Baghdad massacre as important landmark

• US jury convicts Blackwater guards in 2007 killing of Iraqi civilians

  22 Oct 2014: Security guards for private US contractor guilty of manslaughter for notorious 2007 incident that left 17 dead in Baghdad

• Blackwater trial jurors appear close to verdicts on Iraq killings

  22 Oct 2014: Notes to judge indicate unanimity on some of 33 charges and that jury is leaning towards voluntary manslaughter verdict

• Isis ascent in Syria and Iraq weakening Pakistani Taliban

  22 Oct 2014: Islamic State’s military prowess and string of defections leave once-formidable Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on the ropes

• Isis apparently takes control of US weapons airdrop intended for Kurds

  22 Oct 2014: Pentagon investigating claims but admits one load missing and it would be embarrassing if it ended up in terror group’s hands

• US ordered to explain withholding of Iraq and Afghanistan torture photos

  21 Oct 2014: Obama admistration must justify suppression of never-before-seen photographs depicting US military torture of detainees

• Five Britons a week travel to Iraq and Syria to join Isis, says Met chief

  21 Oct 2014: Britain’s top police officer warns about terror threat of returning fighters, as third Portsmouth jihadi reported dead in Kobani

• Australian teenager addresses Tony Abbott in Isis video

  21 Oct 2014: Speaker believed to be 17-year-old runaway Abdullah Elmir from Sydney appears in video posted to YouTube
  

• Who will help Turkey help Kobani?

  20 Oct 2014: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu: We can no longer continue to act like the UN. A global response to the crisis in Syria and Iraq is imperative

• Turkey ready to help Kurdish fighters in battle for Kobani – video

  Video (1min 16sec), 20 Oct 2014:

  Turkey's foreign minister Mevlüt Çavusoğlu gives a press conference in Ankara on Monday at which he says Turkey is ready to help Iraqi Kurdish fighters cross into Syria

• US drops weapons and ammunition to help Kurdish fighters in Kobani

  20 Oct 2014: John Kerry says it would be ‘morally very difficult’ not to support Kurds as Turkey allows fighters from Iraq to help defend town from Isis

• Kobani: US drops weapons to Kurds in Syria

  20 Oct 2014: Kobani air drops likely to anger Turkish government, which opposes sending arms to Kurdish rebels in Syria
  

• ADF to deploy 200 special forces troops into Iraq after Julie Bishop signs deal

  20 Oct 2014: Legal framework agreed with Iraqi government for Australian military personnel to ‘advise and assist’ in fight against Islamic State

• Julie Bishop reaches agreement with Iraq for Australian special forces to support fight against Isis – video

  Video (33 sec), 20 Oct 2014:

  Australia has reached an agreement with Iraq for its special forces to support Iraqi forces in their fight against Islamic State

• Deal agreed for Australian forces to deploy in Iraq in advisory role

  19 Oct 2014: Foreign minister Julie Bishop confirms Australia will send about 200 special forces soldiers to advise Iraqi troops

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