Iraqi civilians, who fled fighting in the city of Mosul, walk lit up by Iraqi special forces armoured vehicles, as they head to camps housing displaced people on November 2, 2016 in Bazwaia, Iraq. Photo: UNICEF

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60,000 People to Get Emergency Health Services in Mosul

November 29, 2016November 30, 2016 RMN News Health, Islamic State, Mosul, UN

United Nations agencies are rapidly scaling up efforts in eastern Mosul to ensure that more than 60,000 people living near

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Families fleeing violence in Ramadi, Anbar province, walk across Bzebiz Bridge into Baghdad province in Iraq. Photo: UNICEF / Wathiq Khuzaie

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Global Economic Impact of Terrorism: $89.6 Billion

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 RMN News Boko Haram, Economic, Islamic State, Terrorism

The total number of deaths caused by terrorism decreased by 10% to 29,376 in 2015, according to the Global Terrorism

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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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UNICEF Provides Emergency Supplies for 15,000 Children in Mosul

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 RMN News Children, Iraq, Islamic State, Mosul, UNICEF

UNICEF said Tuesday that a UNICEF-led multi-agency humanitarian convoy was on Sunday the first to enter the Iraqi city of

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A family displaced by fighting in the village of Shora, 25 kilometres south of Mosul, wait by the roadside at an army checkpoint on the outskirts of Qayyarah. Photo: UNHCR / Ivor Prickett

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Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls Continues in Iraq

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 RMN News Girls, Human Rights, Iraq, Mosul, Sexual, UN, Women

Mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave

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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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