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UNHCR steps up aid as Yazidis stream into Syria from Iraq's Mount Sinjar
14 Aug 2014 Many refugee families have been separated, scattered between Sinjar, Syria and the Kurdistan region of Iraq; some children have been separated from their parents. -
Thousands find shelter in Iraqi Kurdistan after escaping Mount Sinjar
12 Aug 2014 UNHCR says the new arrivals are exhausted, dehydrated and many have suffered sun or heat stroke, with the daily temperatures reaching 40 to 45 degrees Celsius. -
Separated Iraqi families fear for relatives after fleeing Sinjar
6 Aug 2014 Yusif, like many others who have fled from Sinjar to Iraq's Kurdistan region or elsewhere, worry about relatives, friends and neighbours left behind. -
UNHCR distributes aid to thousands of Iraqis fleeing attacks in Ninewa
5 Aug 2014 Many of the displaced Iraqis are staying with friends or relatives in Iraqi Kurdistan's Dohuk governorate, but some 14,000 have moved into a transit camp near Syria. -
IKEA Foundation helps restore sense of home for Syrian refugees in Iraq
30 Jul 2014 Refugees sleep easier in Kurdistan camp's summer heat with new mattresses and light quilts – thanks to large IKEA donation. -
UNHCR head calls for urgent political solution to Iraq's deepening crisis
18 Jul 2014 António Guterres warns that time is running out to prevent a disastrous sectarian war and fragmentation of Iraq -
Syrian refugees in Iraq move to a new camp in Kurdistan
9 Jul 2014 Some 3,000 residents of the Arbat transit camp are relocating to a camp with facilities for a long-term stay -
Ebb and flow of forced displacement in Iraq
30 Jun 2014 There are families that fled fighting in central Iraq almost a decade ago, who settled elsewhere, and are now finding they have to flee to safety yet again. -
Some 10,000 people flee from Christian communities in northern Iraq
27 Jun 2014 Residents fled Qaraqosh, an historic town of 50,000 people, by bus, car and taxi into northern Iraq's Kurdistan region. Many are women and children.