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UNHCR on target to deliver 2,410 tons of aid for Iraqi displaced
22 Aug 2014 UNHCR appreciates support of donors for its Iraq operation, particularly Saudi Arabia which has provided US$88.3 million to the refugee agency. -
UNHCR launches major aid push for Iraq with 100-ton airlift to Erbil
20 Aug 2014 A Boeing 747 jet carrying 100 tons of emergency relief supplies lands at Erbil in Iraq's Kurdistan region, starting a massive UNHCR aid push for displaced Iraqis. -
Syrian woman gives birth to quintuplets weeks after fleeing Iraq
20 Aug 2014 Tamam gave birth by Caesarean section at a hospital in the Syrian city of Qamishli. She was seven months pregnant, but she and the babies are in good health. -
The difficult route to safety across Iraq's sun-baked Sinjar mountains
20 Aug 2014 A Yazidi elder recounts his arduous journey across the mountains to safety in Syria and a reunion with relatives in Iraq's Kurdistan region. -
UNHCR in major air, land and sea humanitarian aid push into northern Iraq
19 Aug 2014 Iraq's humanitarian challenges are immense. Most of the displaced still live in schools, mosques, churches, unfinished buildings and elsewhere. -
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.