Yazidis have 'protectors' in Iraq, but question safety
Iraq's Yazidi ethno-religious minority is safe from the Islamic State (ISIS), but now faces infighting among protective forces seeking dominance in Sinjar.
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Rights Groups Urge Action On Fate Of Syria’s Missing Persons
Rights group in Syria are calling on international organisations to pressure all actors in the Syrian civil war to reveal the fate of tens of thousands of missing people who have disappeared over the course of the conflict.
Ex-Convict's Drawings Give Rare Glimpse Of Life In Egypt's Jails
Many of Yassin Mohamed’s drawings show people in crowded cells, their possessions hanging in bags. Such drawings give a sense of life in prisons across Egypt that are often shrouded in secrecy.
UNSMIL Concerned By Increased Abductions, Detention And Disappearances Since Start Of Tripoli...
The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said that it is deeply concerned about the increased cases of arbitrary arrests and kidnappings of journalists and activists since the start of the clashes in Tripoli.
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Local Organisation, UNICEF Provide Medical Training To Women In Idlib
Thanks to this joint local initiative, women in Idlib are learning how to provide better healthcare for mothers, babies and wider society.
Courses in Dohuk rehabilitating hundreds of Yazidi children
Yazidi children, recently released from captivity by ISIS, share their experiences of the rehabilitation programmes organised by the Springs of Hope Association in Dohuk Province in northern Iraq.
ISIS Militants Leave A Generation Of Children To Face An Unknown Fate
Mothers of children born to ISIS militants say that their kids' fate is unknown because they remain without official birth certificates or identification cards.
Calls for protection of civilians amid military escalation in northern Syria
Syria - The regime's bombardment of areas in Hama and Idlib has been met by international criticism as it could threaten the region with a new humanitarian crisis.