2014: Difference between revisions

Line 20:

* June 30 - The [[Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade]] pledges allegiance to Islamic State.

* July 17 - Eric Garner dies after being choked by police officer [[Daniel Pantaleo]].

* August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of ~~the next~~ five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis.

* August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks the beginning of ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis.

* August 7 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia find [[Nuon Chea]], right-hand man of former dictator [[Pol Pot]], guilty of [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime and sentence him to life in prison.

* August 28 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is elected President of Turkey.

@@ Line 20: / Line 20: @@
 * June 30 - The [[Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade]] pledges allegiance to Islamic State.
 * July 17 - Eric Garner dies after being choked by police officer [[Daniel Pantaleo]].
-* August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of the next five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis.
+* August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks the beginning of ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis.
 * August 7 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia find [[Nuon Chea]], right-hand man of former dictator [[Pol Pot]], guilty of [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime and sentence him to life in prison.
 * August 28 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is elected President of Turkey.