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US-Led Air Strikes Kill Over 250 Iraqi Civilians In One Week

Iraqi federal policemen open the road towards the government complex in the Dawasa neighborhood of western Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)
(REPORT) — The US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State may have killed hundreds of civilians in the first week of March in support of Iraqi forces storming western Mosul, according to reports by monitoring group Airwars.

Mosul Refugees on Surviving ISIS & US-led Airstrikes: “Deep injustice”

21st Century Wire says…
Over 50,000 people have had to flee Mosul, Iraq, in the last 10 days. In many cases locals have had to endure being stuck in the crossfire between US-led Coalition air strikes and Iraqi forces advancing against ISIS and ISIS themselves who’ve been using the civilian neighborhoods as large human shield zones. 
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Arguments based on UN resolution 2249 in Prime Minister´s report on airstrikes in Syria: some clarifications needed

Guest post by Nicolas Boeglin,  Professor of International Law, Law Faculty, University of Costa Rica (UCR) A few days ago, Prime Minister David Cameron appealed to Parliament Members to vote in favour of Royal Air Forces (RAF) air strikes against Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, in order to “keep the British people safe” from the […]

RAF air strikes on Syria

Despite being illegal according to legal scholars,air strikes have begun against targets in Syria, with the support of Labour MPs acting against a resolution of their own party conference. On this page we’ll keep a log of the unlawful RAF airstrikes on Syria. Page updated: 19/04/2016 Includes MoD 19 April 2016 10:44am operational update Includes […]

What every Canadian Member of Parliament should know in lieu of the vote to support air strikes against ISIS

An excerpt from an email to my Member of Parliament on October 10, 2014, on what every Canadian Member of Parliament should be aware of in lieu of Parliament’s vote to support air strikes against ISIS. Consider passing on this information to your Member of Parliament, and as things escalate according to plan, some may […]

U.S., partner nations launch first air strikes against Islamic State in Syria

 
By Reuters
(Haaretz) – The United States and partner nations are carrying out the first air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria, the Pentagon said late Monday, in ongoing operations that mark the opening of a new, far more complicated front in battle against the militants.