Returning to ruins, displaced Iraqi farmers find help to rebuild
Displaced for two years following ISIS advance in 2014, Iraqi farmers in Yathrib benefit from irrigation and home rehabilitation projects.
Latest refugee influx to Iraq passes 10,000 mark as humanitarian needs mount in Syria
Teams from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in northern Iraq report that last night more than 900 refugees arrived from Syria at the Bardarash camp on 45 buses.
Refugee arrivals to Iraq pass 7,000 mark in seven days
A week after first refugees crossed from northeast Syria into Iraq, the arrivals to northern Iraq continue. 7,100 have arrived since last Monday.
Citizenship hopes become reality for Iraq’s Bidoon minority
UNHCR-funded initiative has secured nationality for hundreds of formerly stateless families in Iraq, giving them access to basic rights and services.
Freed Iraqi Yazidi boy settles into new life in Canada
After three years in captivity, 13-year-old Emad is reunited with his mother and siblings in Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Canada: Annie Sakkab, August 2017. Thirteen-year-old Emad Tammo sits in his new home surrounded by his mother ...
Freed Yazidi boy joins his mother in Canada
After being held captive by armed groups in Iraq for three years, 13-year-old Emad reunites with his mother in Winnipeg with UNHCR help. Iraq: Cathy Otten, August 2017 Emad was kidnapped three years ago ...
Trapped Mosul civilians in dire need of relief
Fleeing residents highlight danger, lack of food and water for hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain trapped in militant-held areas of Iraq’s second largest city. MOSUL, Iraq – As darkness fell over Mosul, ...
Families fleeing Mosul celebrate freedom
Men and women who escaped militant control in Iraq’s second city share their relief on reaching safety. HASANSHAM, Iraq – Father of six, Mahmoud Ahmad, 35, had a huge smile on his face as ...UNHCR provides winter help for displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees – but $60m is still required for Mosul response
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has this week begun distributing essential winter items to 1.2 million displaced Iraqis, including families recently displaced due to the current Mosul offensive, and to communities across Iraq that ...