The Rundown -- August 19

# RFE/RL Iraq Service English Twitter account cited in "Telegraph" liveblog on Iraq crisis

# RFE/RL Ukrainian Service's Oksana Pelenska appears on Czech TV 24; as does Brian Whitmore

# Reason cites RFE/RL Ukrainian Service reporting on conflict in eastern Ukraine

# Man accused of killing RFE/RL Iraqi Service bureau chief sentenced to life imprisonment

# Repubblica cites RFE/RL coverage of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (Italian)

# "Hungary Eyes Russia's 'Illiberal' Model" - Kristina Jovanovski, Al Jazeera

# With aid convoy, Russia successfully changes the conversation

# Could Russia Today have prevented the Iraq War?

# Meet the Russia bulls

# Dozens of civilians said killed in convoy

# "Moscow and Kiev May Both Need a Deal Over Ukraine Soon" - Shaun Walker, "Guardian"

# Photos: Ukraine's Donbas battalion

# Pope endorses use of force in Iraq to protect minorities

# Fears in Baghdad that U.S. abandoning it in favor of Kurdish regions

# Iraqi Sunnis pushing for more concessions

# U.S. may at least tacitly be working with PKK, as force takes on more active role

# Cameron prepared to work with Iran to battle ISIL

# An argument for working with Iran to defeat ISIL

# 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits Iran

# Iran's taxi library

# Why the escalation this year along Afghanistan's eastern border?

# Signs that the war in Afghanistan is ending

# Gay Pakistan: Lesbians' lives on the line

# Pakistan protesters in showdown with government

# Pushing the boundaries of digital diplomacy in Kosovo

# Suspected jihadists under house arrest in Kosovo

# India's quest for energy in Central Asia

# The worst/best commercial