House of Representatives Cuts Funding for the Same UN Agencies that Helped to Liberate Mosul from ISIS Mark Leon Goldberg July 14, 2017 A key committee in the US House of Representatives passed a budget this week that would significantly underfund UN programs, including the very UN agencies that provided critical support for the US-backed liberation of Mosul. The bill totally zeroes out a f...
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...
