11th July 2016: U.S. to Deploy 560 More Troops to Iraq, Defense Secretary Ash Carter Says

President Barack Obama has approved the additional deployment announced Monday, which will bring the total number of U.S. servicemen in Iraq to around 4,600. [Source: NBCNews]

Wilayah Syria: Cries from the Women of Ash Sham in one of the Camps in Northern Syria

Yesterday evening a bombing attack happened in Istanbul Ataturk Airport in which 10 foreign people, total 41 people lost their life and 239 people were left wounded. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that a first analysis on the attack indicates to ISIS. Including this despicable attack, as of today since December 2015, in other words in the last 7 months Istanbul was the target of 6 attacks. 64 people lost their lives in PKK related TAK and ISIS attacks.

On Friday 1st July 2016, Switzerland's burqa ban was enforced in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino. Muslim women found wearing the Niqab in public places, including in shops, restaurants, hotels and public buildings would face a fine of up to £7,890. The embassy of Saudi Arabia instead of condemning such discriminating bans that will unjustly target Muslim women, wrote on twitter reminding their visiting citizens “of the necessity to respect and conform to Swiss rules and regulations in order avoid all problems.”