The recent intensification of the aerial bombardment around the Syrian city of Aleppo by Russian forces and the Syrian regime has forced tens of thousands of civilians to flee the area and to seek refuge in neighbouring Turkey. However, the nationalistic secular Turkish government has closed its borders to these desperate refugees

The leader of Germany’s main right-wing, anti-migrant party has caused political uproar by insisting that the country’s border police should be authorised to shoot at refugees trying to enter the country illegally.

France and Britain requested the urgent emergency Security Council meeting talks after reports emerged of dozens of people who have died from starvation in the town of Madaya, where aid deliveries finally arrived this week.

On the 13th of January 2016 the Washington Post reported that the Chinese government has been planning to extend their efforts in their war against Islam by sending their own troops to join the international forces operating around the globe. “China is said to be concerned about areas such as Xinjiang province, where Muslim Uighurs have been accused of joining Islamist terrorist groups like ISIS and ISIL.’’