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Urgent: UN chief slams acts of terror, violations of int'l humanitarian law in Iraq

Xinhua, March 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday condemned "in the strongest terms the continuing acts of terror and violations of international humanitarian law by Daesh," including the systematic campaign of destruction of cultural patrimony in Iraq as illustrated by the latest attack on the archaeological site of Nimrud. Endite