On 01 November children sit in the back of a truck loaded with their belongings on their way back home in Anbar Governorate, Iraq

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Over 20,000 People Displaced in Mosul Fight: UNICEF

November 4, 2016November 5, 2016 RMN News Fight, Iraq, Mosul, UNICEF

Some 20,700 people have been displaced since the operation to retake Mosul started on 17 October, UNICEF said Thursday. It

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Oil wells set alight by ISIL are visible from the newly retaken Iraqi town of al-Hud, outside Mosul, where IOM distributed 350 non-food item kits to recently displaced families. UN Photo: IOM / Jennifer Sparks (representational image)

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Islamic State Terrorists Continue to Use Human Shields in Mosul

November 2, 2016November 3, 2016 RMN News Human, Human Rights, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, Terrorists, UN

The United Nations (UN) human rights wing said Tuesday it has received reports that the Islamic State of Iraq and

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Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks with Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, left, XVIII Airborne Corps commanding general, during a visit to Fort Bragg, N.C., July 27, 2016. Townsend is the incoming commander for Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. (DoD photo by Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brigitte N. Brantley)

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Iraqi and Kurdish Forces Advance to Liberate Mosul

October 29, 2016October 31, 2016 RMN News Iraq, Kurdish, Mosul, UN

In the operation to liberate Iraq’s second-largest city from the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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Internally displaced persons flee to Debaga camp in Erbil Governorate, northern Iraq, as Mosul assault begins. Photo: UNHCR/Ivor Prickett

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Islamic State Fighters Abduct 8,000 Families in Mosul

October 28, 2016October 30, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Mosul, UN

Reports suggest that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) has been forcing tens of thousands of people

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. UN Photo/Pierre Albouy

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Islamic State Terrorists Using Human Shields in Mosul: UN

October 24, 2016October 25, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Mosul, Terrorists, UN

As Iraqi forces are trying to retake Mosul from the Islamic State’s occupation, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid

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Damage from Attacks in Aleppo

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Amnesty Asks UN to Save Civilians from Attacks in Aleppo

October 22, 2016October 23, 2016 RMN News Aleppo, Amnesty, Civilians, Human Rights, Russia, Syria, UN

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) must step in to fill the void left by the Security Council members’ catastrophic failure

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