Conflict

Thousands risk lives fleeing fighting in Syria’s last ISIL stronghold

New York: North-east Syria is seeing increasing numbers of civilian casualties and large-scale displacement amid intensifying efforts to defeat extremists from ISIL, otherwise known as Da’esh, in Deir-ez-Zor governorate, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. more

Syrian civilians must be protected amid ISIL executions and airstrikes: Bachelet

New York: Reports that violent extremists in Syria have executed civilians in the east of the war-torn country have been condemned by the UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet ...

First-ever global conference of national counter-terrorism chiefs will strengthen cooperation, build ‘resilient’ States, says top UN official

New York: Heads of counter-terrorism agencies from across the world will be meeting at UN Headquarters in New York next week for the first time, to pool expertise, resources and ideas to ...

Mass evacuations from Syria’s war-ravaged cities ‘desperate measures in desperate times,’ says senior UN adviser

New York: In Syria, the mass evacuation of civilians is threatening to leave aid workers “overrun” and “acutely underfunded,” as details emerge of the unparalleled ...

At donor conference, UN chief launches two-year plan to fast-track Iraq reconstruction

New York, Feb 15 (IBNS): United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday launched a reconstruction programme for Iraq, urging the global community to support Iraqis ...

International community must stay ‘one step ahead’ of ISIL, stresses UN official

New York, Feb 9 (JEN): Despite military successes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), the terrorist group and its affiliates continue to pose a significa ...

ISIL ‘down but not out’ in Iraq; UN envoy urges efforts to defeat group’s extremist ideology

New York, Nov 23(Just Earth News): The military victory against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) is only one component of a complex battle that addresses the r ...

Both ISIL and Syrian Government responsible for use of chemical weapons, UN Security Council told

New York, Nov 8(Just Earth News): The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) was responsible for using sulfur mustard in a September 2016 attack in Umm Hawsh and the Syrian Gov ...

UN relief workers concerned about civilians in Mosul threatened by Iraqi forces, ISIL

New York, May 10 (Just Earth News): As a new front opens in the fight between Iraqi forces and the group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) in north-western Mo ...

Adapting to increased military pressure, ISIL shifts to ‘dark web,’ UN Security Council told

New York, Feb 8 (Just Earth News): The terrorist group, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), is on the defensive militarily in several regions, but is also adap ...