Igor Girkin, a Russian citizen from
Moscow and military commander of the
Donetsk People's Republic rebellion, resigns, making it the third change at top of the rebel leadership of the past week.
(Reuters)
PresidentObama announces that U.S airstrikes broke the
IS siege of
Mount Sinjar, allowing thousands of
Yazidi refugees to escape, and declares plans for further airstrikes against IS forces.
(BBC)
Igor Girkin, a Russian citizen from
Moscow and military commander of the
Donetsk People's Republic rebellion, resigns, making it the third change at top of the rebel leadership of the past week.
(Reuters)
PresidentObama announces that U.S airstrikes broke the
IS siege of
Mount Sinjar, allowing thousands of
Yazidi refugees to escape, and declares plans for further airstrikes against IS forces.
(BBC)