Iraq
Iraq: Yazidis resist ISIS; Turkmen threatened
A Yazidi militia is fighting alongside Peshmerga to re-take Sinjar from ISIS, while the UN's Iraq envoy warned of an imminent massacre of Turkmen at ISIS-besieged Amerli.
Tag: genocide
Greater Middle East
One year later, Syrians recall chemical massacre
Opposition activists say they have confirmed 27 cases of chemical gas use in Syria since the UN passed UNSCR 2118, calling for destruction of all chemical weapons in the country.
Iraq
Iraq: Shi’ite militia blamed in mosque massacre
Up to 70 were massacred during prayers at a Sunni mosque in Iraq's Diyala governorate—apparently by a Shi'ite militia seeking retribution for a bomb attack on their forces.
Iraq
Iraq: atrocities mount against Yazidis
ISIS released a video showing the forced mass "conversion" of hundreds of captive Yazidis. Some 90,000 displaced Yazidis now face horrific conditions, without even rudimentary shelter.
Iraq
ISIS massacres in Syria; Assad to aid Kurds?
ISIS fighters are accused of executing some 700 tribesmen who rose against them in eastern Syria, as Bashar Assad said he is ready to back Kurdish forces against the jihadis.
Iraq
New massacres in Iraq; Hezbollah joins the fray
ISIS fighters carried out a massacre of Yazidis at an occupied village, while Hezbollah militiamen are accused in a massacre of Sunni Arab residents in central Iraq.
Palestine
War crimes charges for Israel?
Bibi Netanyahu appealed to US legislators to help Israel stave off a feared global push to bring Israeli leaders to trial on war crimes charges in the wake of the Gaza offensive.
Iraq
Iraq: US calls off rescue operation; PKK join fight
The US dropped plans for a rescue mission for besieged Yazidis—over the protests of Yazidi leaders—as the "terrorist" PKK joined US-backed Peshmerga in the fight against ISIS.
Greater Middle East
Egypt: violence at Rabaa Square commemoration
Four were killed in clashes between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and Egyptian police on the anniversary of the Rabaa Square massacre, in which 1,000 lost their lives.
Iraq
Obama orders more troops to Iraq
Obama dispatched 130 new military advisors to Iraqi Kurdistan, but is resisting the Kurdistan government's appeal for more arms to fight ISIS. France has pledged new arms shipments.
Iraq
Shabaks, Turkmen targeted for ISIS cleansing
Some 150,000 Shabaks and 250,000 Turkmen as well as 200,000 Yazidis and 100,000 Christians have been displaced by the ISIS onslaught in northern Iraq.
Iraq
US air-strikes target ISIS advance on Erbil
US jets and drones carried out air-strikes outside Erbil in an effort to drive back the ISIS advance on the Kurdish regional capital, while Iraqi warplanes struck near Mosul.