The stories we followed in the Grasswire Newsroom, Saturday, April 1, 2017
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SYRIA EXCLUSIVE Coalition says engineers checked Syria’s Tabqa dam for IS booby traps
SYRIA EXCLUSIVE Coalition disputes reports a US service member was killed by an IS drone in Syria
USA Portion of Interstate 85 collapses near Atlanta, Georgia
TURKEY Çavuşoğlu on Sinjar: “We will use military force without question”
SYRIA We continue fine-grained reporting on events around the Tabqa dam here
REFUGEES The number of Syrian refugees in the region tops five million
SYRIA Up to 5,000 people flee to SDF-controlled areas north of Tabqa dam, near Raqqa
SYRIA Finding a convoy of US military vehicles in Syria from a March 28 video
As it happened
BREAKING: Islamic State's second-in-command killed: Iraq state-run TV
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 1, 2017
#ISIS second-in-command Ayad Hamid Khalaf Al-Jumaili killed has been killed, according to #Iraq media. https://t.co/LwjkChoL6Q
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 1, 2017
BREAKING: Islamic State's second-in-command killed: Iraq state-run TV
— Reuters (@Reuters) April 1, 2017
#ISIS second-in-command Ayad Hamid Khalaf Al-Jumaili killed has been killed, according to #Iraq media. https://t.co/LwjkChoL6Q
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 1, 2017
#BREAKING Venezuela court reverses move to strip congress of power: ruling
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) April 1, 2017
All those arrested in connection with terrorist attack in #Westminster have now been released with no further action https://t.co/2YNeoAHCCM
— Metropolitan Police (@metpoliceuk) April 1, 2017
BREAKING: The #Prudence has just rescued 128 #people from this crappy rubber boat. pic.twitter.com/PZYZprBqYb
— MSF Sea (@MSF_Sea) April 1, 2017