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Every Day a Bonus: An Iraqi refugee's mission to educate her children
25 Nov 2014 Aisha believes education is a necessity, not a luxury. She has struggled to keep her children in school in Qamishli, northern Syria, so help from UNHCR is welcome. -
UNHCR warns of winter crisis for almost 1 million displaced Iraqis and Syrians
11 Nov 2014 With a funding shortfall of almost US$60 million, UNHCR is deeply concerned about its ability to meet urgent winter needs of displaced Syrians and Iraqis. -
Ex-Olympics chief Rogge visits young Syrian refugees in Jordan with message of hope
29 Oct 2014 Rogge welcomes plans to build IOC-fund sports complex in Azraq camp that will help Syrian children overcome the trauma of war and displacement. -
On the Road: One family's exhausting journey from Kobani to northern Iraq
29 Oct 2014 Tarifa are wearing mostly donated clothes because they had only had time to grab their ID documents and a few small belongings in their rush to leave Kobani. -
Fresh displacement crisis in Iraq as 180,000 flee town of Hit
14 Oct 2014 The town's residents fled to Ramadi, Khaldiya, Hadithat, Rawa, Ana, Amiryah Rahaliya and other places in Anbar province, as well as Kerbala and Baghdad. -
Carried to safety, Kobane refugee joins thousands heading to Iraq
13 Oct 2014 Mohammed Ali is one of more than 2,500 Kurdish Syrians from the town of Kobane to have crossed into Iraq's Kurdistan region in recent days. -
Growing number of Syrian refugees from Kobane seek safety in northern Iraq, eastern Syria
10 Oct 2014 Refugees tell UNHCR of the dangers they endured in the initial part of their journey from Syria to safety in Turkey, including land mines. -
Creating a home from home, far from home in Erbil
24 Sep 2014 Sahla and her children move into a new camp in the Ainkawa district of northern Iraq's Erbil city. They are the first families to arrive, uncertain of the future. -
UNHCR reports sharp increase in number of Iraqis fleeing to Jordan and Turkey
23 Sep 2014 Some 60 per cent of the refugees in Jordan cite fears of ISIS as reason for flight. An average 120 Iraqis per day register with UNHCR in Jordan in September.