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UN should never be a target, Baghdad bombing survivors stress, 15 years after deadly attack

UN should never be a target, Baghdad bombing survivors stress, 15 years after deadly attack

On 19 August 2003, a suicide bomber drove a truck full of explosives to the United Nations headquarters in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Iraq, and blew it up, killing 22 people – among them Sergio Vieira de Mello, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the head of the UN mission in Iraq. The […]

Amid ‘volatile’ environment, UN mission chief urges Iraqi leaders to ‘listen to the voice of the people’

Amid ‘volatile’ environment, UN mission chief urges Iraqi leaders to ‘listen to the voice of the people’

Despite a myriad of “long-neglected social, economic and development needs”, the Head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) on Wednesday said progress had been made towards recovery and stability in the battle-scarred country, and called for Iraqi political leaders to continue to “work for national reconciliation” through “inclusive” solutions. Briefing the Security Council, […]

Daesh executes 6 hours after kidnapping them near Mosul

Daesh executes 6 hours after kidnapping them near Mosul

Daesh executed six people including two pro-government fighters hours after kidnapping them in an ambush south of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency reported. Captain Abdul Khaliq Al-Aifan from the Rapid Response Force told the news agency: “Daesh militants disguised in military uniform have erected a fake checkpoint on the road between […]

Yazidi sex slave is starved and then fed a plate of rice and her one-year-old son cooked

Yazidi sex slave is starved and then fed a plate of rice and her one-year-old son cooked

Horrific, first-hand stories from survivors have painted the disturbing picture of experiences as ISIS sex slaves. In a recent interview with the Egyptian TV channel, Extra News, Iraqi politician MP Vian Dakhill described in detail some of the things she heard from the sex slaves. “One of the women whom we managed to retrieve from […]

Perpetrators of attack in Baghdad during Ramadan must be held accountable

Perpetrators of attack in Baghdad during Ramadan must be held accountable

Condemning “in the strongest terms” recent terrorist attacks in Iraqi capital, Baghdad, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today underscored the need to swiftly apprehend and prosecute its perpetrators. In a statement attributable to his spokesperson, Secretary-General Guterres also “reiterated that the United Nations will continue to stand by the Government and people of Iraq in […]

World war 3 is coming…

World war 3 is coming…

The prospect of a global conflict – World War III if you like – appears somewhat unthinkable. Since the Second World War, there has been no major war between the great powers. The original post-war European project was based around peace, social justice and harmony. The unravelling of this project, accompanied by rising nationalism, is […]

Iraq unleashes mass destruction, death and displacement on Mosul

Iraq unleashes mass destruction, death and displacement on Mosul

Intensive bombardment and air raids by the Iraqi authorities and their foreign backers has led to mass civilian fatalities, the extensive destruction of infrastructure and hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing the ongoing battle between the Iraqi regime and Daesh extremists in Mosul. The Iraqi immigration ministry announced that the number of refugees and internally […]

Top generals discuss developments in Syria and Iraq amid rising tensions in northern Syria

Top generals discuss developments in Syria and Iraq amid rising tensions in northern Syria

The top generals from Turkey, US and Russia have met to discuss developments in Syria and Iraq to prevent ” the risk of a conflict” during their fight against ISIL. Hulusi Akar, Turkish chief of staff; Joseph Dunford, US chairman of the joint chiefs of staff; and Valery Gerasimov, Russian chief of general staff, met […]

Fall of Mosul won’t spell end of ISIS, Iraq may split apart – Kurd leader

Fall of Mosul won’t spell end of ISIS, Iraq may split apart – Kurd leader

The much-awaited fall of Mosul will not result in ISIS’ defeat in Iraq, which is likely to split like Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and other states torn by political or ethnic rifts, the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan said in an interview with Italian media. Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan region since 2005, told La Stampa […]

Last letters : From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’

Last letters : From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State ‘martyrs’

“Don’t be sad and don’t wear the black clothes (of mourning). I asked to get married and you did not marry me off. So, by God, I will marry the 72 virgins in paradise.” They were schoolboy Alaa Abd al-Akeedi’s parting words before he set off from the compound to end his life in a […]

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