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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Can President Trump Defeat the Islamic State Terrorists?

February 23, 2017February 25, 2017 RMN News Donald Trump, ISIS, Islamic State, Terrorists

Last month, President Donald Trump had ordered the Defense Department to come up with a new plan to defeat ISIS.

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Ján Kubiš, Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Iraq. UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe

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Days of Islamic State Are Numbered: UN Envoy

February 3, 2017February 5, 2017 RMN News Donald Trump, Iraq, ISIS, Islamic State, Mosul, UN

The military campaign to oust Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) terrorists from Iraq is nearly won, but

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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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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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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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Townsend to Lead the Fight Against Islamic State Terrorists

August 22, 2016August 24, 2016 RMN News Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Terrorists

Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, assumed command

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