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February 3, 2017 Commentary

Victimized First by ISIS, then by the Liberators

Boys Held as ISIS Suspects in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

February 2, 2017 Report

Iraq: Men Fleeing Mosul Held in Secret

Incommunicado Screening Puts Detainees at Risk

A member of the Iraqi security forces stands at a checkpoint near Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, Iraq, December 2016.
January 27, 2017 Commentary

Trump, Iraqi Oil and International Law

January 15, 2017 News Release

Iraq: ISIS Bombings Are Crimes Against Humanity

Compensate Civilian Victims

A girl walks past the site after a suicide car bomb attack at the shopping area of Karrada, a largely Shi'ite district, in Baghdad, Iraq July 4, 2016.
January 11, 2017 Dispatches

The Plight of Those Related to ISIS Fighters

Families of Iraq’s ISIS Fighters may be Punished Despite Committing no Crime

Civilians, who fled from clashes, walk in the street during a battle with Islamic State militants, in Sukar neighborhood east of Mosul, Iraq, January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
November 23, 2016 Commentary

Children of the Caliphate

What to Do About Kids Born Under ISIS

2016_TCT_Children_Caliphate_1
November 13, 2016 News Release

Iraqi Kurdistan: Arab Homes Destroyed After ISIS Battles

Peshmerga Attacks Have Dire Implications for Mosul Fight

House marked with red “X” for destruction in Qarah Tappah in May 2016.
November 3, 2016 Commentary

Iraq Blames the Islamic State’s Victims

Civilians are Fleeing the So-called "Caliphate" – Only to be Detained By Iraqi Security Forces

Displaced Iraqi civilians hold white flags as they flee a battle with the Islamic State in Kokjali village near Mosul, November 03, 2016.
October 26, 2016 News Release

Syria: Improvised Mines Kill, Injure Hundreds in Manbij

Lessons for Impending Battles in Iraq and Syria

A family member stands next to the graves of three children who were killed when an explosive device planted by ISIS in a school in Manbij detonated on September 27.
October 26, 2016 Commentary

The Deadly Threat That ISIS Leaves Behind as It Flees

Iraqi forces trying to take back Mosul must learn the lessons of Manbij, where returnees face booby traps.

2)	Zakia Hassan holds a photo of her son, Ibrahim Hammud, 35, who detonated an explosive device when he stepped on a mattress as he returned to his house on August 12.
September 28, 2016 News Release

Syria: New Deadly Chemical Attacks

Strong Security Council Action Needed

Medical personnel at the al-Quds hospital in Aleppo treat people after a chemical attack on the city on September 6, 2016.
July 31, 2016 News Release

Iraq: Ban Abusive Militias from Mosul Operation

Unpunished Killings, Torture Put Civilians in Harm’s Way

Popular Mobilization Force members on the frontline with the Islamic State in al-Fatha, northeast of Baiji, Iraq on October 18, 2015.
June 27, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Statement on Latest ISIS Execution Video

June 21, 2016 Commentary

UN Panel Reports on ISIS Crimes on Yezidis

“Unimaginable Horrors”

May 27, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: ISIS Advance Traps 165,000 Syrians at Closed Turkish Border

At Tal Abyad –Akçakale border crossing, in June 2015, Turkish border guards manning Turkey’s closed border watched ISIS fighters order displaced Syrian civilians back from the border.

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