UN Humanitarian Chief "struck" by brutality in Iraq
The violence and brutality towards women and girls in Iraq has been described as striking by the UN Humanitarian Chief. Valerie Amos made the comment during a visit to the Khanke internally displaced persons camp in Dohuk, one of the largest in the country.
France Begins Reconnaissance Flights Over Iraq
United Arab Emirates: French planes carried out their first reconnaissance flights over Iraq on Monday in support of the US-led campaign against Islamic State jihadists. An AFP correspondent saw two French Rafale fighter jets equipped with high-precision ...
Britain hopes Iran will cooperate in fight against IS in Iraq
PARIS: British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Monday urged Iran to cooperate with an international coalition to fight jihadists in Iraq even if Tehran did not join the group. Hammond made the call in Paris after a major conference on Iraq as Iran ...
Islamic State group issues new curriculum in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — The extremist-held Iraqi city of Mosul is set to usher in a new school year. But unlike years past, there will be no art or music. Classes about history, literature and Christianity have been "permanently annulled." The Islamic State group ...
Iraq wins pledge of military support against IS
Source: Agence France-Presse Country: Iraq 09/15/2014 15:47 GMT by Richard CARTER, Marianne BARRIAUX PARIS, September 15, 2014 (AFP) - The world's top diplomats pledged Monday to support Iraq in its fight against Islamic State militants by "any means necessary", including "appropriate military assis ...
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ISIS Profiting From Looting ‘Priceless’ Syrian Artifacts
Iraqi antiquities were recovered and placed in the care National Syrian Museum in Damascus following the chaos of the Iraq war. Now, Amr Al-Azm says ISIS militants are profiting from the looting of ancient artifacts. (Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images) Amr Al-Azm once ran the Syrian equivalent of the S ...
Coalizione anti-Is: fronte unico, fini diversi
I tagliagola del Califfato mettono tutti –o quasi- d’accordo . A Parigi, la comunità internazionale serra le fila contro gli jihadisti dell’Is. Ma se il nemico è comune, i fini dei membri della coalizione sono spesso diversi: le monarchie del Golfo vogliono tenersi al riparo dall’ avanzata integrali ...
Is the Idea of Scottish Independence Baffling?
Niall Ferguson is predictably against Scottish independence, which isn’t particularly interesting. However, there was something he said about American views of the referendum that deserved a short comment: Even to the millions of Americans whose surnames testify to their Scottish or Scotch-Irish anc ...
NEA AΠΟ ISIS/IRAQ-ΑΠΟΓΕΜΑ/15-9-2014
ΓΡΑΦΕΙ Ο ΔΡ ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΣ.Ε.ΔΡΟΥΓΟΣ 1)ΕΛΗΞΑΝ ΟΙ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΙΔΙΚΗΣ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗ ΤΟΥ ΙΣΛΑΜΙΚΟΥ ΚΡΑΤΟΥΣ ΣΤΟ ΠΑΡΙΣΙ. 2)ΣΥΜΜΕΤΕΙΧΑΝ ΕΚΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΙ ΑΠΟ 40 ΧΩΡΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΕΘΝΕΙΣ ΟΡΓΑΝΙΣΜΟΥΣ ΜΕΤΑΞΥ ΤΩΝ ΟΠΟΙΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΕΕ, ΤΟΥ ΑΡΑΒΙΚΟΥ ΣΥΝΔΕΣΜΟΥ, ΤΗΣ ΑΦΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΕΝΩΣΗΣ, ΤΟΥ ΟΗΕ, ΤΟΥ ΝΑΤΟ ΚΑΙ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΙΟ ...
Condemning the Islamic State and the 'caliphate'
Maureen Fiedler NCR Today President Barack Obama's speech to the nation Wednesday focused attention on the problems and threat created by the Islamic State. The name is significant. The group changed its name from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to simply the Islamic State. For them, the underly ...
World Leaders Meet in Paris to Discuss Anti-ISIS Strategy
U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande announced joint support for current Iran sanctions from the White House Tuesday. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Time – Representatives from across the Middle East and Western nations are convening Monday in Paris, where an emerging coalit ...
SRSG Mladenov to the International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq: The UN ready to coordinate support for Iraq
Source: UN Assistance Mission for Iraq Country: Iraq Baghdad, 15 September 2014 – The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq (SRSG), Mr. Nickolay Mladenov today attended the Paris International Conference on Peace and Security in Iraq. In his remarks delivered on beh ...
IOM Iraq Crisis Response Weekly Situation Report #4: Weekly Update for 7 - 13 September
Source: International Organization for Migration Country: Iraq Displacement IDP Families: 284,863 Individuals: over 1.7 million Locations: 1,634 Displacement Highlights The security situation in Iraq remains dire, as continuing violence in the north and restriction of movement in the central and sou ...
