Kurdish authorities delaying civilians fleeing IS: HRW
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday accused Kurdish authorities of delaying thousands of Iraqi civilians fleeing from jihadist-held areas at checkpoints, in some cases within range of front lines.
Jun 21, 2017, 15:12 PM IST
Hundreds sick, two dead in food poisoning at Mosul displaced camp
More than 800,000 people have been forced to flee their homes since a massive operation against the jihadists in one of their last strongholds in Iraq was launched in October 2016.
Jun 13, 2017, 18:51 PM IST
Terrified civilians hide from gunfire in Mosul pre-school
Iraqi forces are fighting to retake Mosul from IS, after the jihadist group overran the city in 2014, imposing its brutal rule on its inhabitants.
Jun 13, 2017, 17:02 PM IST
Iraq presses Mosul assault, calls on civilians to flee
More than seven months into the massive operation to recapture Mosul from IS, Iraqi forces have retaken the city's east and large parts of its western side, but the jihadists are still putting up tough resistance.
May 29, 2017, 18:25 PM IST
309 Iraqi civilians killed in April: UN
A total of 309 civilians were killed and 387 others injured during April due to violence, terrorism and armed conflicts across Iraq, a UN agency said on Monday.
May 01, 2017, 19:21 PM IST
Iraq forces accused of killing, torturing civilians south of Mosul
Iraqi government forces killed and tortured civilians south of Mosul, rights groups said on Thursday, in the first such reports of alleged abuse in a US-backed campaign to retake the city from Islamic State.
Nov 11, 2016, 00:05 AM IST
Sulphur cloud from IS-torched Iraq plant kills two civilians, hundreds fall sick
Qayyarah hospital has checked at least 500 people complaining of breathing problems over the past two days but officials announced Saturday that the fire had been extinguished.
Oct 22, 2016, 23:32 PM IST
70,000 civilians trapped by IS in Iraq
An official said the jihadist group is "stopping civilians from fleeing in order to use them as human shields" against Iraqi troops' plan to liberate the city.
Aug 20, 2016, 20:44 PM IST
UN fears polio surge in children from Iraq`s Fallujah
Speaking to journalists by phone after touring camps for displaced people around Fallujah, Alwan said mothers were nervous because their children had not been vaccinated since the IS takeover in 2014.
Jun 17, 2016, 17:48 PM IST
