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June 4, 2015

French Catholics want countries to quit buying oil from Islamic State

French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian offers his condolences to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo in late February. Earlier in the month, Islamic State released a video of the killing of Egyptian Christians in Libya.

OXFORD, England - French Catholics have urged church support for a campaign to stop Western companies from buying oil from Islamic State, in effect funding the mass killing of Christians.

Published in International
February 26, 2015

Islamic State refugees grow disgruntled

In a cafe in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Zaid AlFares, a journalist from Raqqa city, tells about life under the Islamic State group.

SANLIURFA, Turkey - Hassan, a chain-smoking 20-year-old from Syria, sits in a cafe across the border from his homeland, one of thousands who escaped the clutches of the Islamic State group.

Published in International