The landmark Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its leaning minaret have been blown up, with the Iraqi army blaming ISIL for its destruction and the armed group accusing a US-led coalition air raid. In recent days Iraqi forces have pushed deeper into the last remaining areas held by the[…]
Civilians, mostly women and children, were killed last week in air raids by NATO forces in Afghanistan’s Helmand province, an initial United Nations inquiry suggested. On Thursday and Friday as many as 18 civilians died in air strikes in Helmand’s Sangin district, according to a UN statement released on Sunday.[…]
The highest-ranking US military officer has said that Israel went to “extraordinary lengths” to limit civilian casualties in the recent war in Gaza that killed hundreds of Palestinians, mostly civilians. Army General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged recent reports criticising civilian deaths during the[…]
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