Obama Asked to Condemn ISIS Mass Killings as Genocide

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 RMN News Genocide, ISIS, Obama, RNC

Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus urged President Obama to meet Thursday’s congressionally mandated deadline to condemn the mass

In the besieged Syrian town of Madaya, people are waiting desperately to be allowed out because of lack of food and skyrocketing food prices. Photo: WFP / Hussam Al Saleh

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Syria Reduced to Ruins: UN Human Rights Panel

February 23, 2016February 24, 2016 RMN News Human Rights, Ruins, Syria, UN

As the Syrian conflict is entering its sixth year, civilians are bearing the brunt of intensifying hostilities conducted by an

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Coalition Military Forces Attack ISIS Terrorists

February 15, 2016February 19, 2016 RMN News Coalition, Iraq, ISIS, Military, Syria, Terrorists

U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists

Ash Carter speaks with reporters aboard an Air Force E4-B aircraft as he flies to Brussels, Feb. 9, 2016, to attend NATO meetings for defense ministers. DoD photo by Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz

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Ash Carter Meets NATO Defense Leaders to Defeat ISIS

February 11, 2016February 15, 2016 RMN News Ash Carter, Defense, ISIL, ISIS, Jens Stoltenberg, NATO, Poland, Warsaw

The U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is in Brussels to attend a NATO defense ministers meeting and to meet for

A street lined with rubble and destroyed buildings in the Old City area of Homs, Syria. Photo: UNICEF / Nasar Ali

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Intra-Syrian Talks for Ceasefire Delayed

January 26, 2016January 27, 2016 RMN News Ceasefire, Syria, UN

Intra-Syrian talks that were scheduled to begin in Geneva Monday under United Nations sponsorship will now start on Friday. The

On 11 January 2016 in Madaya, Rural Damascus, women and their families wait for permissions to leave the besieged town. Photo credit: UNICEF / Al Saleh, WFP

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Syria: ‘Starvation as a Weapon Is a War Crime’

January 16, 2016January 19, 2016 RMN News Crime, Starvation, Syria, War, Weapon

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the situation is “utterly unconscionable” in Syria and warned that the use of starvation