• In this handout satellite image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory taken on May 16, 2022, a dust storm engulfs parts of Iraq and neighbouring countries. (phys.org)
  • WHO/Iraq Baghdad, Iraq, 20 July 2020 - The COVID-19 outbreak in Iraq has presented a huge challenge to the country's fragile health infrastructure weakened by decades of unrest and internal conflict. (who.int)
  • The Bulgarian company Arsenal has sold grenades and other arms to Iraq, including hand-thrown smoke grenades used during the recent protests in Baghdad. (amnesty.org)
  • The definitive loss of Kirkuk and the giant oil field surrounding it could precipitate the breakup of Iraq, and while the present government in Baghdad is in no position to resist Kurdish control, a restrengthened leadership might, in the future, seek to retake the city by force. (nybooks.com)
  • In Iraq, in late March abaya-clad women crowded the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim in Baghdad while implying their faith kept them safe from the coronavirus. (cnn.com)
  • A large dust storm swept over parts of Iraq on May 16, 2022, grounding flights at Baghdad Airport and closing some schools, businesses and government offices. (watchers.news)
  • [22] His surname literally means "The one from Baghdad" and denotes that he was from Baghdad city or Baghdad governorate in Iraq . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • while in Iraq after the defeat of ISIS , Shia militias and political parties beholden to Tehran have taken over and now face public ire. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Isis militants have killed thousands during their bloody insurgency across Syria and Iraq. (independent.co.uk)
  • But for Iraqi Kurds, the offensive by the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and other groups has offered a dramatic opportunity: a chance to expand their own influence beyond Iraqi Kurdistan and take possession of other parts of northern Iraq they've long claimed as theirs. (nybooks.com)
  • Before the invasion of ISIS in 2014, the predominantly Christian city of Qeraqosh was a hub for agriculture, particularly chicken farming. (persecution.org)
  • The town of Amerli, which has been besieged by ISIS fighters, is home to many of Iraq's Shiite Turkmen. (cnn.com)
  • Tens of thousands of Yazidis fled to Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq as ISIS fighters made deadly advances on their villages. (cnn.com)
  • The group said its sources say the Mideast terrorist army ISIS is now operating in the Mexican city of Juarez, the narcotics-trafficking center just across the border from El Paso, Texas. (wnd.com)
  • The bulletin coincides with WND's report three days ago that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security were so worried airstrikes in Iraq could cause ISIS to retaliate in American, the agencies sent warnings to local law enforcement officials. (wnd.com)
  • Also last week, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., warned ISIS is "rapidly developing a method of blowing up a major U.S. city. (wnd.com)
  • ISIS Takes Key City in Iraq. (kyandbeyond.org)
  • Among these jihadist groups one of the most virulent and hated by the whole population is the group which claims to be the "Islamic State of Iraq and Sham" (ISIS) affiliated to the international network Al-Qaeda. (libcom.org)
  • When an extreme drought caused a 3,400-year-old city to reemerge from a reservoir on the Tigris River in northern Iraq, archaeologists raced to excavate it before the water returned. (livescience.com)
  • The three-year drought that has left millions of people in Syria, Iraq and Iran with little water wouldn't have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a new study on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. (wric.com)
  • A three-year drought that has left millions of people in Syria, Iraq and Iran with little water wouldn't have happened without human-caused climate change, a new study found. (wric.com)
  • In addition to making near-normal water conditions into an extreme drought, study authors calculated that the drought conditions in Syria and Iraq are 25 times more likely because of climate change, and in Iran, 16 times more likely. (wric.com)
  • In Madagascar, low rainfall has led to severe drought. (realclearworld.com)
  • Before Al-Sudani formed his government, he struck a deal with the powerful Kurdish Democratic Party, which dominates the administration in Irbil, capital of the semi-autonomous region in northern Iraq. (arabnews.com)
  • Caption Pupils attend the first day of school in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab on March 2. (bostonglobe.com)
  • They returned to class after Kurdish and rebel forces expelled Islamic State (IS) group jihadists from the town following more than four months of fighting. (bostonglobe.com)
  • [2] The uprising began in Basra and quickly spread to other major Shi ` a areas in southern Iraq (as well as to the predominantly Kurdish areas in northern Iraq). (hrw.org)
  • Iraq Crisis : Mosul As the Iraqi Army and various Kurdish, Turkish and Shiite militia forces take over the city of Mosul - under Daech's control since 2014, TSF provides communications to humanitarian organisations in the IDP camps in Nineveh province. (tsfi.org)
  • Personal communications in January 2006 from field veterinarians noted deaths of domestic cats that were associated with suspected (eventually confirmed) H5N1 outbreaks in eastern Turkey (2 villages) and Kurdish northern Iraq (Sarcapcarn in Sulymaniyah Governorate and Grd Jotyar in Erbil Governorate). (cdc.gov)
  • After H5N1 influenza was diagnosed in a person in Sarcapcarn, Kurdish northern Iraq, the government of Iraq requested a World Health Organization investigation, which was supported in part by Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3 veterinarians. (cdc.gov)
  • At the heart of these "disputed areas" is the strategic city of Kirkuk, which the disciplined and highly motivated Kurdish Peshmerga took over in mid-June, after Iraqi soldiers stationed there fled in fear of advancing jihadists. (nybooks.com)
  • Yet Kirkuk lies on top of one of Iraq's largest oil fields, and with its crucial location directly adjacent to the Kurdish region, the city is the prize in the Kurds' long journey to independence, a town they call their Jerusalem. (nybooks.com)
  • The Kurdish oil industry is still much in development, and if the Kurdish region loses access to Baghdad's annual budget allocations without a ready alternative, it is likely to face a severe economic crisis. (nybooks.com)
  • There were Shia mixed in with Sunnis, and along with three major ethnicities-Arab, Kurdish, and Turkic-the city contained a smaller population of Chaldo-Assyrian Christians, who claimed to be original inhabitants of what was known in ancient times as Arrapha. (nybooks.com)
  • Speaking at the OPEC summit in Saudi Arabia, Hussain al-Shahristani said the law would cancel any current oil deals signed by the regional Kurdish government in northern Iraq. (democracynow.org)
  • In 2017, Iraqi forces retook disputed territories including the oil city of Kirkuk. (arabnews.com)
  • After the invasion of Iraq was completed and the regime of Saddam Hussein was toppled in May 2003, the Iraqi insurgency began. (wikipedia.org)
  • The 2003-2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency lasted until early 2006, when it escalated from an insurgency to a civil war, which became the most violent phase of the Iraq War. (wikipedia.org)
  • A few months ago, a friend here in Paris asked me how Americans could consider the Iraq War a failure when it had accomplished its principle strategic goal, namely securing Iraqi oil for American consumption. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • By March 27, British troops effectively controlled the city's suburbs and all access to the city, and faced resistance only from Iraqi militia and irregular troops belonging to the so-called Saddam's Fedayeen units. (hrw.org)
  • MOSUL, Iraq -- Iraqi police and National Guard forces, whose performance is crucial to securing January elections, are foundering in the face of coordinated efforts to mu. (wn.com)
  • Despite the repatriation in late July of 244 Iraqi refugees from Saudi Arabia's Rafha camp - the first such movement since the fall of the former government - UNHCR said that it was not promoting return to Iraq, and would not do so until conditions in the country become conducive to larger scale return. (unhcr.org)
  • The refugee agency said its second repatriation convoy that left Rafha on Sunday was delayed due to security restrictions in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, following a weekend of unrest when angry crowds clashed with British forces. (unhcr.org)
  • July 28, 1971 - October 27, 2019) was the Iraqi-born leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The United States says it has carried out airstrikes and dropped humanitarian aid in the Iraqi town of Amerli to protect an ethnic minority that one official says faces the threat of an "imminent massacre. (cnn.com)
  • After the battles of Basra and Mosul, Iraq's territorial integrity now faces another severe challenge on the constitutional front. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • The city of Basra, with population of 1.5 million, is Iraq's main seaport and second largest city. (hrw.org)
  • As one of the chief population centers of Iraq's Shi ` a Muslims, the city was a center of opposition to the Ba'th government. (hrw.org)
  • Therefore, with the imposition of international sanctions on Iraq in 1990 after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, Basra was particularly vulnerable and its population was further impoverished. (hrw.org)
  • Over the last ten years, Iraqis in many areas of the south have been subjected to three serious armed conflicts: the Iraq-Iran war, the Gulf war of 1991 and the uprising that followed Iraq's withdrawal from Kuwait. (merip.org)
  • There are Sunni and Shiite Turkmen in Iraq, and they account for up to 3% of Iraq's population. (cnn.com)
  • Iraq's oil minister is predicting Iraq is months away from approving a long-awaited oil law. (democracynow.org)
  • From the city of Erbil, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Hala Sabah Jameel, Cordaid's MHPSS expert and health program advisor, and Ahmad Qaradaghi, director of our implementing partner Access Aid Foundation (AAF) , answered these and other questions. (cordaid.org)
  • Beta Globin Gene Cluster Haplotypes in Beta Thalassemia in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (cdc.gov)
  • FIEL - A fisherman walks across a dry patch of land in the marshes in Dhi Qar province, Iraq, Sept. 2, 2022. (wric.com)
  • Methods: The single-center study was conducted at the 'children Welfare Teaching Hospital, Medical City Complex' from November 2016 to May 2022. (bvsalud.org)
  • WHO/Iraq The streets of Yarmouk in west Mosul looked almost empty apart from a few individuals gathered in a line practising social distancing as much as possible. (who.int)
  • Since 2014, the north of Iraq has been under the grasp of the so-called Islamic State, with the city of Mosul as the group's bastion in the country. (tsfi.org)
  • Faced with this situation, the humanitarian community worked to set up IDP camps in the liberated zones surrounding Mosul in order to house the 700,000 people fleeing the city, but the state of the telecommunications caused several coordination problems. (tsfi.org)
  • Télécoms Sans Frontières deployed a team to Iraq in November 2016 in order to bridge the gap in communications whilst the repair of the terrestrial infrastructure was underway, ensuring that the humanitarian community had the necessary communications means to provide essential aid to families fleeing Mosul. (tsfi.org)
  • As of this writing, the population of Basra feels very insecure, due partly to the week of frenzied looting that immediately followed the British occupation, and continuing as a result of the lower intensity but steady crime wave (including daily killings, looting of private property, and car-jackings) now engulfing Basra like many other cities in Iraq. (hrw.org)
  • This report, based on four weeks of field research by Human Rights Watch researchers in southern Iraq, shows that more than six weeks after the fall of Basra, the security situation remained poorly addressed by coalition forces. (hrw.org)
  • In Basra, the largest city in the south, electricity cuts over extended periods aggravated the damage to sewage installations: All pumping stations were flooded, causing total destruction of vertical pump motors and electric control boards. (merip.org)
  • The United Nations children's agency reported this week that 14 million children in Syria and Iraq are in crisis due to war. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Iraq and Lebanon are its regional armor, with another uncertain piece tucked inside: Syria. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Hillary got Iraq vote wrong, and Libya and Syria too. (blogspot.com)
  • Those women were initially kidnapped in Iraq before being taken to Syria. (cnn.com)
  • With every degree of warming Syria, Iraq and Iran will become even harder places to live. (wric.com)
  • As we already touched on in our previous leaflets about the struggles in Syria (2), as soon as the government forces are driven away from a city or a region, as capitalism loathes vacuum, new forces, new parties and unions settle to manage the situation and to avoid that it goes off a strict reformist framework. (libcom.org)
  • Kurds have faced marginalization and persecution both in Syria and throughout the Middle East, where they are the fourth largest ethnic group, with sizable populations in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey 8 . (cdc.gov)
  • 08/17/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - In the war-ravaged city of Qeraqosh, Iraq, where darkness consumes the once vibrant Christian community, Behnam's story stands as a testament to the spirit of resilience. (persecution.org)
  • 08/17/2023 Washington D.C. (International Christian Concern) - In the war-ravaged city of Qeraqosh, Iraq, where darkness consumes the once vibrant Christian community, Behnam's story stands as a t. (persecution.org)
  • Kemune is the only known urban center from the Mittani Empire located directly on the Tigris River, suggesting the city controlled crossings at this part of the waterway and may have also been an important connecting point for the empire, Ivana Puljiz, a junior professor of ancient Near Eastern archaeology at the University of Freiburg in Germany who also worked on the excavation, told Live Science in an email. (livescience.com)
  • With the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq having initiated rounds of talks to save the north from a potential cross-border war, the struggle over the future status of the northern city of Kirkuk has entered its decisive phase. (worldpoliticsreview.com)
  • A charmless city of slightly less than one million people, Kirkuk betrays little of its past as an important Ottoman garrison town. (nybooks.com)
  • To anyone who advocates dividing Iraq into neat ethnic and sectarian groups, Kirkuk shows just how challenging that would be in practice. (nybooks.com)
  • Coming up from the capital in those days one had little doubt that one was in Arab areas all the way to the outskirts of Kirkuk, while the city itself, like many urban conglomerations in the wider region, was home to many different ethnic and religious groups, none of them dominant. (nybooks.com)
  • I couldn't take her to the city hospital with the lockdown in place. (who.int)
  • Coincidentally or not, the Turkish airstrikes took place in June, when Iraq was in strict lockdown. (cordaid.org)
  • However, it is necessary to note, that before the invasion sectarian tensions already existed in Iraq, due to the inherent inequalities between those communities during Saddam Hussein's regime. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the summer of 2020, many displaced Yazidi families returned to their places of origin in Sinjar, hoping to turn the page after ISIL's horrible 2014-2017 siege of the city. (cordaid.org)
  • The Bronze Age city, at an archaeological site called Kemune, is a relic of the Mittani Empire (also spelled Mitanni Empire), an ancient kingdom that ruled parts of northern Mesopotamia from around 1500 B.C. to 1350 B.C. Researchers have long known of the remains of the city, but they can only investigate them during droughts . (livescience.com)
  • In my city, Misan, surrounded by many marshes, droughts and shortage of water have resulted in the death of animals that are used as a source of food by the marshlands´ people. (voicesofyouth.org)
  • AAF Director Ahmed Qaradaghi in Sinjar city. (cordaid.org)
  • [4] The government response was swift and severe: according to research by Human Rights Watch, at least 150 Shi`a protesters were extrajudicially executed and thousands were imprisoned, had their houses razed, and were banned from holding many jobs. (hrw.org)
  • Protesters in Lebanon and Iraq have been venting their fury at Iran, which is accused of practically running their countries. (worldcrunch.com)
  • The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, working in collaboration with Amnesty International, published new investigation on the deadly tear gas grenades used against protesters in Iraq. (amnesty.org)
  • As the climate crisis causes water levels to plummet, riverbeds to dry and glaciers to melt, artefacts like old warships , an ancient city , a mosque that disappeared, and human remains have emerged. (aljazeera.com)
  • it is also a human crisis, with many people facing a severe lack of access to clean and safe drinking water. (voicesofyouth.org)
  • This is just one example of the many devastating impacts of the water crisis in Iraq . (voicesofyouth.org)
  • It is clear that the water crisis in Iraq is an urgent situation that needs to be addressed. (voicesofyouth.org)
  • The water crisis in Iraq is just one of the many challenges we face, and we must work together to ensure a sustainable and secure future for all. (voicesofyouth.org)
  • By working together, we can ensure that the water crisis in Iraq is addressed, and that the future of the country's youth is secure. (voicesofyouth.org)
  • A Bedouin child walks alongside a flock of sheep in the al-Henniyah area outside Najaf, during a sandstorm sweeping Iraq. (phys.org)
  • South of the capital, near the Shiite shrine city of Najaf, shepherds found themselves shrouded in sheets of ochre-coloured dust. (phys.org)
  • In their honor, the residents of Najaf, a sacred city for all Shias, renamed one avenue from 'Ayatollah Khomeini​,' the leader of the 1979 Iranian revolution , to 'Martyrs of October. (worldcrunch.com)
  • Residents are enduring harsh living conditions with severe food and water shortages, and a complete absence of medical services - and there are fears of a possible imminent massacre," U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said last week. (cnn.com)
  • Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm-the ninth since mid-April-hit the country. (phys.org)
  • A number of factors played into the beginning of the insurgency in Iraq. (wikipedia.org)
  • Finally, as O'Hanlan says, the porous borders of Iraq and the subsequent foreign insurgents also bolstered the insurgency. (wikipedia.org)
  • All three caused heavy damage to private and public properties, and severe destruction to agricultural land. (merip.org)
  • Furthermore, since the 2003 US invasion and subsequent occupation and destruction of Iraq, Middle East politics has been marked by a new cold war1 over regional influence between two competing axes led by Saudi Arabia on one side and Iran on the other. (lu.se)
  • He gained a PhD from City University London in 1992. (who.int)
  • These include the genocide of Yazidis in Iraq, extensive sexual slavery, organized rape , floggings, and systematic executions. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • A Swedish court is expected to announce its verdict to an Iranian citizen who faces accusations of committing grave war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. (kron4.com)
  • STOCKHOLM (AP) - An Iranian citizen was sentenced Thursday to life imprisonment by a Swedish court after being convicted of committing grave war crimes and murder during the final phase of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. (kron4.com)
  • The Stockholm District Court said Hamid Noury took part in severe atrocities in July-August 1988 while working as an assistant to the deputy prosecutor at the Gohardasht prison outside the Iranian city of Karaj. (kron4.com)
  • The agency also warned that Iraq is experiencing a severe housing shortage and that many people remain dependent upon UN food handouts. (unhcr.org)
  • And, as WND also reported last week , Republican Gov. Rick Perry of Texas warned terrorists from the Islamic State could be sneaking into Texas across the Southwest border at any time, due to the Obama administration's failures in Iraq and in securing the border. (wnd.com)
  • The result is a loss of American power and prestige, a diminished chance of Iraq becoming a pluralistic democracy, and an al-Qaeda that's been given a second lease on life thanks to George Bush's Queeg-like obsession with Saddam Hussein. (blogspot.com)
  • TSF brought its support of the medical sector in April 2017, and set up a new connection in the town of Hammam al-Alil to support medical staff working in the Médecins Sans Frontières Belgium's emergency trauma hospital. (tsfi.org)
  • He also cautioned against taking violent measures to fight militants, claiming it could lead to an even more severe extremist response. (independent.co.uk)
  • Iraq is ranked as one of the world's five most vulnerable nations to climate change and desertification. (phys.org)
  • Al-Baghdadi is believed to have been born near Samarra , Iraq, on July 28, 1971 [27] [28] as the third of four sons in the family. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • A truck bomb explosion in 2008 Amerli killed more than 100 people - an attack that was considered one of the single deadliest attacks of the Iraq War at the time. (cnn.com)
  • Friday's threat also comes as Britain has raised its terror-threat level to "severe" ahead of the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. (wnd.com)
  • She had a fever and severe pain in her abdomen with frequent vomiting," said Ali Yasir, father of 9-year-old Maha. (who.int)
  • This illness is characterized by fever and, in the most severe cases, shock and hemorrhage (1). (cdc.gov)
  • The health teams working in these clinics have succeeded in delivering COVID-19 awareness and prevention messages to thousands of beneficiaries in Ninewa since the the start of the outbreak in Iraq. (who.int)
  • The government, and the relief agencies which operated in Iraq prior to the outbreak of the war in January 1991, were not ready for the situation that prevailed after the war. (merip.org)
  • In contrast, complex aphthosis has a severe clinical course, with an almost continuous presence of minor or major ulcers. (medscape.com)
  • The authors aim in our study to describe the clinical and genotypic-phenotypic findings of MPS VI patients in 'children Welfare Teaching Hospital, Medical City Complex. (bvsalud.org)
  • Conclusion: As the first research in Iraq with a sufficient sample size of MPS VI patients, the investigation presented important clinical and gene-phenotype findings and revealed the necessity for enhancing the diagnosis of MPS VI, including the updated molecular analysis and monitoring the multisystem parameters, aberrant comorbidities, and the progression and severity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Molecular analysis and clinical significance of hemoglobin Quong Sze in Huizhou city, Southern China. (cdc.gov)
  • With Africa's largest population, its largest economy and its largest city what happens in Nigeria affects what happens in Africa. (bvsalud.org)
  • In South Africa, participants from a township in there were community first responders qualified in first the Cape Town region who were given a 1-day training aid and trained according to the local context. (who.int)
  • Gross pathologic changes in cats were similar to those previously reported, except that severe hemorrhagic pancreatitis was observed ( 5 , 6 ). (cdc.gov)
  • WHO was concerned about the health of the vulnerable population in Ninewa and in other conflict-affected areas who are still living in difficult conditions," said Dr Adham Ismail, WHO Representative in Iraq. (who.int)
  • In densely populated areas of the city, this caused flooding in ground floors (in most houses the only floor) with sewage to a depth of half a meter. (merip.org)
  • According to UNHCR, Iraq is experiencing considerable security problems and an absence of law and order in many areas of the country, while the provision of basic services such as water, electricity and medical care are irregular. (unhcr.org)
  • UNHCR asked states to be mindful that, in the absence of an effective national protection apparatus due to the lack of police and other administrative services in many areas of Iraq, possible claims of persecution by "non-state agents" should be considered by any government opting to examine requests by Iraqis seeking refugee status. (unhcr.org)
  • Lassa virus, named after a small town in northeastern Nigeria, is an enveloped, single-stranded, bisegmented ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus classified in the family Arenaviridae. (cdc.gov)
  • By reviving the agricultural backbone that once defined the city, there is renewed hope for restoring a thriving community. (persecution.org)
  • However, in Iraq, this right is being denied to many people. (voicesofyouth.org)
  • The agency only expects limited numbers of refugees to return to Iraq this year, all people clamouring to return home despite the difficult conditions. (unhcr.org)
  • Severe storms and tornadoes in Tennessee left at least six people dead on Saturday and caused. (tvnewslies.org)
  • July 31 - In Thailand, over 12.8 million people are affected by severe flooding. (pajiba.com)
  • February 15 - A meteor explodes over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,489-1,492 people and damaging over 4,300 buildings. (pajiba.com)
  • 4,5 In Iraq, vil age first responders worked in partnership with trained paramedics to treat victims of In LMICs in the WPR, the recognition and initia- motor vehicle accidents, and a significant reduction in tion of basic first-aid measures fall to the community mortality was recorded among people who received because of limited access to formal health services. (who.int)
  • US officials' incessant finger-pointing at the city and Beijing is becoming a sick joke. (scmp.com)
  • The problem has become so severe that the Israeli government has locked down an ultra-Orthodox city, Bnei Brak, and roadblocks prevent residents from leaving it. (cnn.com)
  • In this episode of the Stratfor podcast, a conversation about military weapons, secret missions and a life lived in a company town, where every employee was a civil servant of the US government. (realclearworld.com)
  • This was the condition of the city on April 5, 2003, when British troops, as part of the U.S.-led coalition, first drove into the city center and, as the occupying power, assumed primary responsibility for the security of civilians and humanitarian groups trying to assist them. (hrw.org)
  • Despite efforts by the British military to deploy their relatively small number of troops to improve security conditions in the city, the population continued to live in fear of violent crimes and with growing concerns about the failure of the coalition forces to provide them with greater security. (hrw.org)
  • States should also be aware that any continuing deterioration of physical and material safety may still lead to forced displacements from Iraq, the agency advised governments worldwide. (unhcr.org)
  • This time, researchers mapped most of the city, including an industrial complex and a multistory storage facility that likely held goods from all over the region, according to a statement released by the University of Tübingen in Germany. (livescience.com)
  • A vital medical facility at the heart of the disaster zone, the trauma centre treats the conflict's most severe cases and provides immediate life-saving or damage control surgery. (tsfi.org)
  • The Centre is based in the lovely city of Stockholm in Sweden, and to give you an idea on the size we are about 300 staff members. (cdc.gov)
  • Tensions between U.S. forces and the residents of Fallujah were especially severe, with crowd riots and small skirmishes commonplace. (wikipedia.org)
  • Yet, I will always remember a fellow clergyman serving a large suburban congregation in a major city in the US South. (kkht.com)
  • Furthermore, a statistically significant correlation existed between lower weight and height readings and the progressed and severe stages of the MPS VI illness. (bvsalud.org)
  • These recommendations follow recent missions to Iraq by High Commissioner Ruud Lubbers and his Special Envoy, Dennis McNamara, during which they concluded that conditions prevailing in Iraq are not yet conducive to return. (unhcr.org)