'Staggering' civilian death toll in Iraq: UN report
Jan 20, 2016, at 03:02 pm
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News/IBNS): A United Nations report released on Tuesday details the severe and extensive impact on civilians of the ongoing conflict in Iraq, with at least 18,802 civilians killed and another 36,245 wounded between January 2014 and October 2015, while another 3.2 million people have been internally displaced due to violence.
American contractors missing in Iraq
Jan 18, 2016, at 02:44 pm
Baghdad, Jan 18 (IBNS): Three American contractors went missing in Iraq, media reports said on Monday.
UN envoy for Iraq condemns attacks on mosques in Babylon Province
Jan 06, 2016, at 02:10 pm
New York, Jan 6 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The most senior UN official in Iraq has condemned attacks which took place against three Sunni mosques in Babylon Province on Sunday evening, as well as other acts of violence.
Security Council hears briefing on Turkish troop deployment in northern Iraq
Dec 19, 2015, at 03:24 pm
New York, Dec 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed the hope that the governments of Iraq and Turkey will exercise restraint, including in their public statements, and intensify their bilateral discussions to diffuse tensions after Turkish troop deployment in northern Iraq earlier this month to combat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Security Council was told in a briefing this evening.
UN report warns of 'abhorrent violations' against children in war-torn Iraq
Dec 03, 2015, at 03:23 pm
New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Boys and girls in war-weary Iraq are suffering from grave violations with "dramatic consequences," according to the latest report from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the situation of children and armed conflict in the country.
Violence claims nearly 500 civilian lives in November in Iraq: UN mission
Dec 02, 2015, at 02:57 pm
New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/ IBNS): Nearly 500 Iraqi civilians were killed in Iraq last month in a "vicious circle of violence," ranging from acts of terrorism to armed conflict, as the total number of Iraqi casualties rose to more than 2,100, according to the UN Assistance Mission in the crisis-gripped country.
Security Council calls for eradicating ISIL safe havens in Syria and Iraq
Nov 21, 2015, at 02:27 pm
New York, Nov 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Security Council on Friday evening called on all countries that can do so to take the war on terrorism to Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq and destroy its safe haven, warning that the group intends to mount further terror attacks like those that devastated Paris and Beirut last week.
Security Council calls for eradicating ISIL safe havens in Syria and Iraq
Nov 21, 2015, at 02:27 pm
New York, Nov 21 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations Security Council on Friday evening called on all countries that can do so to take the war on terrorism to Islamic State-controlled territory in Syria and Iraq and destroy its safe haven, warning that the group intends to mount further terror attacks like those that devastated Paris and Beirut last week.
In Iraq, UN reports close to 2,000 casualties in October from terrorism and conflict
Nov 13, 2015, at 03:29 pm
New York, Nov 13 (Just Earth News/IBNS) Acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict killed a total of 714 Iraqis and injured another 1,269 during the month of October, according to casualty figures released on Thursday by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).
Political polarization in Iraq threatens reconciliation efforts: UN official
Nov 12, 2015, at 02:38 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi faces "immense challenges" to his efforts to bring reconciliation and broaden the political process in his strife-torn nation, confronting obstacles from all sides, the top United Nations official in the country warned the Security Council on Wednesday
Political polarization in Iraq threatens reconciliation efforts: UN official
Nov 12, 2015, at 02:37 pm
New York, Nov 12 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi faces "immense challenges" to his efforts to bring reconciliation and broaden the political process in his strife-torn nation, confronting obstacles from all sides, the top United Nations official in the country warned the Security Council on Wednesday
Amid fears of cholera outbreak in Iraq, UN agencies support government-led response
Nov 07, 2015, at 03:31 pm
New York, Nov 7 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With the cholera spreading further in Iraq, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which is providing assistance Iraqi health authorities, has on Friday urged accelerated action to shield communities and families from the outbreak, which has already infected more than 2,000 people across the country.
Cholera spreading in Iraq, suspected case reported in Syria: WHO
Oct 28, 2015, at 02:46 pm
New York, Oct 28 (IBNS): The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that it would start vaccine treatments for cholera beginning this weekend to prevent further outbreaks in Iraq, where the disease has now been confirmed in 15 out of 18 governorates, while the agency also reported a suspected case was also found in northern Syria.
UN refugee agency provides shelter to Iraqis uprooted in restive Anbar province
Oct 21, 2015, at 04:40 pm
New York, Oct 21 (IBNS): The UN refugee agency has opened its most recent camp for internally displaced persons in Iraq’s restive Anbar province – host to the largest number of 3.2 million Iraqis uprooted across the country and where more than 250,000 civilians have fled their homes over the past six months.
Iraqi leader highlights progress despite 'evil will' of region's terrorist groups
Oct 01, 2015, at 02:22 pm
New York, Oct 1 (IBNS): The 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly is being held as the world tackles challenges on many scales, especially ones posed by the terrorist group known as Da'esh or the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Prime Minister of Iraq told world leaders attending the annual debate in New York.
Japan announces major boost in assistance for Syrian and Iraqi refugees
Sep 30, 2015, at 02:16 pm
New York, Sept 30 (IBNS): In his address to the annual high-level meeting of the General Assembly, Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, vowed to enhance his country's assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons from Syria and Iraq.
UN agency opens two new camps for displaced Iraqis in Baghdad
Sep 24, 2015, at 02:07 pm
New York, Sept 24 (IBNS) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), partners and local authorities announced on Wednesday the recent opening of two new camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Baghdad province, providing shelter to close to 3,500 Iraqis who have had to flee the Anbar province due to recent fighting.
UN urges Europe to admit 200,000 refugees from Syria, Iraq and other war zones
Sep 05, 2015, at 03:51 pm
New York, Sep 5 (IBNS): Declaring that Europe is facing "a moment of truth" with hundreds of thousands of people risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea, the head of the United Nations refugee agency on Friday urged the European Union (EU) to admit up to 200,000 asylum-seekers fleeing conflict zones like Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Security Council condemns use of sexual violence in Iraq and Syria
Aug 29, 2015, at 02:57 pm
New York, Aug 29 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned the use of sexual violence, in particular sexual enslavement and sexual violence “related to or resulting from forced marriage, committee, including as a tactic of war, in Syria and Iraq,†and urged all parties to armed conflict to take all feasible steps to protect civilians from such “abhorrent†acts.
Iraq: UN agency forced to cut critical food aid amid funding shortfall
Aug 11, 2015, at 02:45 pm
New York, Aug 11 (IBNS): A severe funding shortfall in Iraq is pushing the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to cut the amount of aid it delivers to nearly one million displaced people in the war-torn country, the Organization has confirmed.
In ISIL-controlled territory, 8 million civilians living in ‘state of fear’: UN expert
Aug 01, 2015, at 02:21 pm
New York, Aug 1 (IBNS): The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has engaged in widespread and systematic human rights violations of the most serious kinds in Syria and Iraq, brutally forcing some 8 million people to “assimilate, flee or face death,†according to a United Nations expert.
Violent attacks reported against civilians fleeing ISIL-controlled areas of Iraq: UN
Jul 29, 2015, at 02:14 pm
New York, Jul 29 (IBNS): An increasing number of people in Iraq, including families with children and the elderly, have encountered deadly ambushes as they try to escape areas controlled the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levan (ISIL) by risking their lives on a treacherous mountain journey to safety, the United Nations human rights office reported on Tuesday.
‘Paralyzing’ funding gap forces shutdown of health services in Iraq: UN
Jul 28, 2015, at 02:29 pm
New York, Jul 28 (IBNS): The top United Nations humanitarian official in Iraq on Monday declared as “devastating†the “inexplicable†closures of life-saving services in Iraq for people in need, citing the most recent shut-downs of basic health care will directly impact more than one million people, including some 500,000 children who now will not be immunized, spreading risk of a measles outbreak and resumption of polio.
Widespread human rights violations being committed by all parties in Iraq: UN report
Jul 14, 2015, at 03:32 pm
New York, July 14 (IBNS) The ongoing conflict in Iraq continues to exact a “terrible†and deadly toll on the country’s civilians, particularly in the areas still under control by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to a new report released on Mondayby the United Nations.
UN official warns of widespread sexual violence in Syria, Iraq
May 08, 2015, at 02:58 pm
New York, May 8 (IBNS): Sexual violence is being committed strategically, in a widespread and systematic manner, and with a high-degree of sophistication by most parties to the conflict in Syria and Iraq, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, said Thursday as she briefed journalists on her “scoping mission†to the region in April.
Over 40 people burnt alive by IS militants in Iraq
Feb 18, 2015, at 06:16 pm
Baghdad, Feb 18 (IBNS): At least 40 people, including security personnel, were burnt alive by Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday, media reports said. The incident reportedly took place in Iraq's western province of Anbar.
UNESCO chief denounces killing of journalists in South Sudan, Iraq
Jan 30, 2015, at 07:41 pm
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS) The head of the United Nations agency mandated to defend freedom of expression and press freedom on Thursday denounced the killing of five journalists in South Sudan and an Iraqi broadcaster, who was killed while covering fighting in the north of the country.
Ban welcomes release of Turkish hostages seized three months ago in Iraq
Sep 23, 2014, at 05:36 pm
New York, Sept 23 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday welcomed the release of a group of Turkish nations held since June by the group, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
UN humanitarian chief urges sustained funding to assist millions of Iraqis in need
Sep 15, 2014, at 03:53 pm
New York, Sept 15 (IBNS) Sustained funding and support will be vital if the United Nations and its partners are to continue assisting the millions of Iraqis affected by the ongoing crisis in the country, particularly as winter approaches, the world body's top humanitarian official said on Sunday.
Ban condemns killing of dozens of Sunni worshippers in eastern Iraq
Aug 23, 2014, at 05:37 pm
New York, Aug 23 (IBNS) Condemning in the strongest terms the reported attack on a mosque in eastern Iraq, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called on all Iraqi authorities to ensure that the attack is properly investigated and its perpetrators held to account.