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ISIS has routinely carried out devastating attacks that appear designed to inflict maximum death and suffering on ordinary Iraqis. The Iraqi and international strategy against ISIS should not...

With military operations to retake western Mosul starting, United Nations humanitarian agencies in Iraq are rushing to prepare for the humanitarian impact of the fighting amid grave concerns that...

Using satellite imagery and local researches, the most recent evaluation confirms that western Mosul has undergone extensive destruction, “far greater than in the east,” according to a senior...

The United Nations condemned the deadly terrorist attack in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, for which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) has claimed responsibility.

The United Nations refugee agency and its partners are coordinating plans to respond to a potential mass displacement of Iraqis from western Mosul, the latest battleground the Iraqi forces are...

The United Nations health agency has delivered medical supplies to parts of eastern Mosul, the Iraqi city liberated from the Islamic State (ISIL), where clinics are receiving an influx of people in...

As heavy fighting continues to drive large numbers of people from Mosul, the United Nations refugee agency appealed for urgent support to meet the critical needs of vulnerable children, women and...

Marking three years since the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) attacked the Yazidis in Syria, a United Nations-mandated inquiry has called for justice and rescue plans.

Daesh (ISIS) takfiri terrorists have beheaded an Iranian military adviser in Syria, two days after capturing him near the Iraqi border.

ISIS Carnage in Iraq Leaves 19,000 Dead, 3.2 Million Displaced in Unprecedented Violence Since 2014

Up to 400 abducted Yazidi children are reportedly being trained as potential suicide bombers by Isis.

The Isis jihadist group has completely destroyed a 1,400-year-old Christian monastery in Iraq, the oldest of its kind in the country.

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, has declared that Israel is denying Palestine’s right to...

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) today expressed concern by the continued and increasing use of administrative detention by Israeli authorities against Palestinians, who are being...

"Israel’s administrative detention which is predominately used to detain Palestinians without charge or trial is arbitrary and abusive" said Magdalena Mughrabi, Deputy Middle East and North Africa...

Israel should immediately charge or release Palestinians detained without charge or trial for prolonged periods and stop denying them and their lawyers access to evidence of their alleged crimes.

Instead of initiating a repressive clampdown on freedom of expression the Israeli authorities must halt any attempt to silence critical media.

sraeli forces destroy five Palestinian homes amid an uptick in the construction of illegal settlements.

Israeli soldiers and police stormed a Palestinian hospital twice over the past week terrifying staff and patients and in some cases preventing doctors from providing emergency medical care to...

The Secretary-General insists on the need to avoid any actions that would derail the two-state solution