either destroyed by the Islamic State (IS), which occupied much of Sinjar for a year and a half, or damaged by fighting and air strikes during the battle for liberation, there is no imminent ...

“We have received reports that some 16 mass graves containing the bodies of individuals murdered by ISIL have been discovered in Sinjar,” said Cecile Pouilly, the spokeswoman for the UN human ...

Bannockburn. If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314; although it did not bring outright victory in the war, which lay 14 years in the future and would ...

The battle that ensued is known historically as the Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. Nevertheless, the quality of his ...

KURDISH militias said yesterday they had uncovered two mass graves near the city of Sinjar, liberated from Islamic State (Isis) last week. The first grave uncovered west of the town’s centre contained ...

What are the best battle royale games? Each one of these multiplayer games revolves around one core idea: lots of players go in, and only one can leave. Battle royale is a violent, unpredictable ...

The origin of the so-called Battle of the Oranges dates back to medieval times and is said to commemorate the day the townsfolk were liberated from the harsh rule of an evil duke. The legend goes ...

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...

Deep sea explorers have found two Japanese aircraft carriers that were sunk in battle in World War Two. The carriers were among seven ships that went down in the Battle of Midway, a major air and ...

Hanifa and Saeed barely survived the hell that ISIS inflicted on them and their people. Hanifa escaped kidnapping, but her younger sisters were enslaved by the Islamic State. Hanifa embarks on a ...

Rubin On a trip from Iraqi Kurdistan to Sinjar, Alissa J ... the opening phase of a battle that could take weeks or months. Mohamad Jamal Khweis, an American fighter with the Islamic State ...