Kurds use well-oiled lobbying to plead for help in Washington
KURDISTAN-INDEPENDENCE/LOBBYING:Kurds use well-oiled lobbying to plead for help in Washington
Relatives mourn the death of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter, killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain
Relatives mourn the death of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter, who was killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain city in Syria's Hasakah province August 6, 2014. Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists' momentum. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
UN says some rescued from Iraqi mountain siege, 200,000 flee
IRAQ-SECURITY/SINJAR-RESCUE (URGENT):UN says some rescued from Iraqi mountain siege, 200,000 flee
Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) members drive in a convoy carrying coffins of their fellow fighters, killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during their funeral in Ras al-Ain
Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) members drive in a convoy carrying coffins of their fellow fighters, who were killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during their funeral in Ras al-Ain city in Syria's Hasakah province August 6, 2014. Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists' momentum. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT OBITUARY)
Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) members carry coffins of their fellow fighters, killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during their funeral in Ras al-Ain
Members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) carry coffins of their fellow fighters, who were killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during their funeral in Ras al-Ain city in Syria's Hasakah province August 6, 2014. Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists' momentum. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT OBITUARY)
Relatives mourn the death of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter, killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain
Relatives mourn the death of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter, who was killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain city in Syria's Hasakah province August 6, 2014. Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists' momentum. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT OBITUARY)
Relatives and Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) members gesture during the funeral of fellow fighters, who were killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, at Ras al-Ain
Relatives and Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) members gesture during the funeral of fellow fighters, who were killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, at Ras al-Ain city in Syria's Hasakah province August 6, 2014. Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists' momentum. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT OBITUARY)
Relatives mourn the death of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter, who was killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain
Relatives mourn the death of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter, who was killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain city in Syria's Hasakah province August 6, 2014. Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists' momentum. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT OBITUARY)
A relative mourns as he carries the coffin of a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighter, killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain
A relative mourns as he carries the coffin of a fighter of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), who was killed during clashes with Islamic State fighters in the Iraqi city of Rabia on the Iraqi-Syrian border, during his funeral in Ras al-Ain city in Syria's Hasakah province August 6, 2014. Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish regional capital of Arbil in northern Iraq on Wednesday in a change of tactics supported by the Iraqi central government to try to break the Islamists' momentum. Picture taken August 6, 2014. REUTERS/Rodi Said (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT OBITUARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Militants take Lebanese soldiers as they withdraw from Arsal - sources
LEBANON-SECURITY/ARSAL-SOLDIERS (URGENT):Militants take Lebanese soldiers as they withdraw from Arsal - sources