With Civilian Deaths Mounting in Mosul, Will the International Criminal Court Intervene? Kimberly Curtis April 3, 2017 The Battle of Mosul that began last October is becoming increasingly deadly for the civilians still trapped in the city. At least 200 civilians have been killed in recent coalition bombings; and the bombing of a mosque in Syria that killed at least 42 civilian...
No Water for Thousands of People Trapped in Mosul. A Precarious Humanitarian Situation Deteriorates Sam Fouad December 1, 2016 As the Iraqi Army, Kurdish fighters, and Shiite militias, backed by airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition, move in on the city of Mosul to retake it from ISIS, many civilians have fled from the city, seeking shelter in refugee camps and other sanctuaries. Howev...
The Battle for Mosul Has Begun. What Will Be the Aftermath? Mark Leon Goldberg October 27, 2016 Mosul is Iraq's second largest city, and in 2014 ISIS militants took the city as Iraqi army units fled. Now, a large scale military operation backed by the United States is underway to regain control of the city, which is situated in Northern Iraq. The ...
As Battle for Mosul Begins, Humanitarian Agencies Don’t Have the Funds to Pick Up the Pieces Mark Leon Goldberg October 17, 2016 The battle for Mosul has begun. The city of 1.5 million -- Iraq's second largest -- fell to ISIS in 2014. Now, a combination of Iraqi military forces, Iran-backed shiite militias, and Kurdish peshmerga are readying for an assault. They are being backed by US a...
A Hollow Victory in the Battle for Fallujah? Mark Leon Goldberg June 22, 2016 For two years, Fallujah has been occupied by the Islamic State. The city of 300,000 is situated just 40 miles outside of Baghdad. For the past month, Iraqi security forces and allied militias (along with American backing) have mounted a military campaign to ro...
In the Battle to Liberate Fallujah, Victory may come at a High Price for Civilians Georgina Rannard June 10, 2016 Iraqi forces advanced to 3 kilometers from the centre of Islamic State’s second city in Iraq, Fallujah. Officials say that it will be just days before the city is reclaimed from IS by the Iraqi government. But for some residents of Fallujah, being liberated...
Episode 90: Emma Sky Mark Leon Goldberg December 7, 2015 Emma Sky was an Arabist, working at the British Council in 2003 when the United Kingdom joined the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Though she strongly opposed the war, she opted to join the coalition provisional authority, which administered Iraq ...
ISIS Faces Big Setback in Iraq Alanna Shaikh, MPH November 13, 2015 Iraqi’s Kurds scored a major victory today, retaking the Northern Iraqi City of Sinjar from ISIS. Kurdish troops, known as Peshmerga, spent two days fighting to reclaim Sinjar’s fifty square miles of territory with the support of US airstrikes. Sinjar is a key...
Episode 77: Carne Ross Mark Leon Goldberg August 17, 2015 Carne Ross is the founder of Independent Diplomat, a non-profit that provides diplomatic services to marginalized groups around the world. He was a long serving member of the British foreign service, mostly covering the Middle East and Iraq before he resig...
