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Armed groups affiliated with Al Qaeda and ISIL terror groups appear to have intensified their activities in Yemen, Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) declared on Tuesday, describing the situation as an example of “deeply Read more
The UN top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, has condemned the reported executions of civilians by violent extremists in the east of war-torn Syria, warning that an “at least 7,000” people in Deir-Ez-Zor province were trapped, amid efforts to dislodge ISIL Read more
Iraqi first vice president Nuri al-Maliki who is on a working visit to Iran expressed his country’s readiness “to form a strong front against the enemies to confront possible plots after the ISIL.” Maliki met with Ali Akbar Velayati, a Read more
Civilians continue to disproportionately bear the burden of acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in Iraq, accounting for more than two-thirds of those killed or injured in the month of August, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Read more
American and Libyan officials who spoke to the Washington Post under the condition of anonymity have confirmed that US troops are in Libya to support forces loyal to the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in their fight against the Read more
The “unimaginable atrocities” against the Yazidi minority in Iraq by militants of the Islamic State require that the international community work on the “rescue, protection of, and care for the Yazidi community.” This came in a report drafted by a Read more
As the Iraqi army prepares to go on the offensive in Mosul against the Islamic State, US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that 560 additional troops will be deployed in the country to help local forces capture the extremist Read more
President Bashar al-Assad addressed the Syrian parliament on Tuesday vowing that the war against terrorism will be carried on until it is uprooted and that they will liberate every inch” of the country like they have done in Palmrya. He Read more
A bipartisan group of US Congressmen have urged US president Barack Obama to defend the longstanding strategic alliance built with Morocco, first country to recognize the independence of the United States in 1777. The move of the 16 members of Read more
The annual report of the United Nations sanctions monitors on Libya to the Security Council warned that “the rise of ISIL in Libya is likely to increase the level of international and regional interference, which could provoke further polarization, if Read more