Iraq: UN refugee agency steps up response as Mosul conflict displaces nearly 100,000
New York, Dec 16 (Just Earth News): With the number of people displaced from Mosul approaching 100,000 since the military operation to oust terrorists from the Iraqi city began three months ago, the United Nations refugee agency is bolstering its capacity to host and support civilians fleeing the fighting.
Amid battle for Mosul, ISIL forcing civilians ‘squarely in harm’s way,’ UN rights wing warns
New York, Nov 29 (Just Earth News): As the Iraqi military intensifies its operations to wrest Mosul from terrorists, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday warned that it continues to receive reports of “serious breaches†of international human rights and humanitarian law by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) in and around the war-torn city.
ISIS beheads 15 Iraqi soldiers
Duhok , Nov 24 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has executed 15 Iraqi soldiers in central Mosul area of Iraq, media reports said on Thursday.
IOM Iraq: Displacement tops 56,000 as Mosul military operations continue
London, Nov 16 (IBNS): The total number of individuals currently displaced in the Mosul emergency now tops 56,400 according to data released on Tuesday by IOM Iraq’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Emergency Tracking.
Iraq: ISIS executes seven of its fighters
Baghdad,Oct 25 (IBNS): Militant group ISIS has executed seven of its men on Sunday, media reports said on Tuesday.
ISIS: 19 Yazidi women torched to death for refusing sex with soldiers
Mosul, Sept 19 (IBNS): In a public execution, ISIS burnt 19 women alive to death in Iraq's Mosul recently, media reports said.
Iraq: UN refugee agency readies for massive displacement amid military offensive in Mosul
New York, Aug 24 (Just Earth News): With military action turning towards retaking Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, the United Nations refugee agency warns that displacement may worsen “dramatically,†and announced preparations to ramp up operations and set up additional camps.
Iraq: UN refugee agency warns of struggles and new displacements in Mosul
New York, June 11 (Just Earth News):More than half a million people remain uprooted from their homes two years after fleeing violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul, while military activities in the north and south-east of the city are causing fresh displacement, the United Nations refugee agency said today.