Nickolay Mladenov, the UN secreteray-general special representative to Iraq has urged the international community to take action before a "possible massacre" unfolds in the northern town of Amerli. Amerli has been under siege by ISIS (the Islamic State Militants) for the last 2 months. At the moment, the city has no electricity, and food supplies are running low. Medicine supplies are also … [Read more...]
Kurdish Forces Are Fighting to Take Back Their Key Towns
Iraq's Kurdish security forces continue their battles across the country with insurgent groups to retake their key towns. Earlier this Sunday, Kurdish troops carried out an offensive that helped them gain control of Iraq's largest dam in the Nineveh province as well as a few key Christian towns. The objective of Peshmerga Kurdish forces was to recapture the Mosul Dam on the Tigris River (it can … [Read more...]