Iraq

New arrivals at Khazer camp, a safe haven for over 6,000 Iraqis who have fled the fighting in Mosul, just 45 kilometres away.
WFP/Alexandra Murdoch

Iraq: Nearly 115,000 people displaced, 50,000 children affected by Mosul military operation – UN

28 December 2016
Since operations began to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) two months ago, some 114,042 people have been displaced and as many as one million are out of reach of humanitarian assistance.
This family fled the fighting in Mosul, Iraq. File
UNHCR/R. Nuri.

Mosul operation displaces more than 50,000 children

28 December 2016
General News

More than 50,000 children have been displaced by the ongoing operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from the terrorist group, ISIL, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.

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A young girl looks through a hole in the wall from damage from conflict in a school in Ramadi, Anbar Governorate, Iraq.
UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie

Iraq: UN-Habitat rehabilitates 123 conflict-damaged houses in Anbar Governorate

27 December 2016
As part of an urban recovery project in Iraq, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has renovated 123 damaged residential housing units in newly liberated areas so that their rightful owners can live in safety and with dignity.
A family carries humanitarian supplies on a donkey cart away from a distribution point in eastern Mosul, Iraq.
UNICEF/Wathiq Khuzaie

EU commits additional 7 million euros to support UNICEF in Iraq

27 December 2016
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received a new pledge of 7 million euros from the European Union to support the UN agency’s work in Iraq, where an estimated 11 million are in need of humanitarian assistance – half of them children.
Families flee their homes in Mosul, Iraq, heading for an army outpost in the Samah neighbourhood where they will be taken away from the heavy fighting engulfing the city.
UNHCR/Ivor Prickett

UN condemns killings of aid workers and civilians waiting for emergency assistance in Mosul

22 December 2016
In the past 48 hours, four aid workers and at least seven civilians have been killed and 40 others injured while waiting in line for emergency assistance in Mosul, prompting the United Nations relief wing to denounce the actions in “the strongest terms.”
The Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2331 (2016), condemning in the strongest terms all instances of trafficking in persons in areas affected by armed conflicts.
UN Photo/Manuel Elías

“Blood money” of trafficked women now “lifeblood” sustaining terrorists

20 December 2016
General News

The “blood money” of women and children has become part of the “lifeblood” that sustains terrorists in places like Syria and Iraq, the UN special envoy for sexual violence in conflict has said.

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Hundreds of people arrived at the Khazer 2 camp for displaced Iraqis after fleeing fighting in eastern districts of Mosul, December 2016.
UNHCR/Ivor Prickett

Iraq: UN refugee agency steps up response as Mosul conflict displaces nearly 100,000

16 December 2016
With the number of people displaced from Mosul approaching 100,000 since the military operation to oust terrorists from the Iraqi city began three months ago, the United Nations refugee agency is bolstering its capacity to host and support civilians fleeing the fighting.
A statue of a lamassu, an Assyrian protective deity, at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal in Nimrud, Iraq.
UNESCO

Cultural sites in the Middle East face “unprecedented” destruction

15 December 2016
General News

Cultural sites in war-torn areas of the Middle East have been facing an “unprecedented” level of destruction, according to a representative from the UN cultural agency, UNESCO.

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Trucks deliver food and other humanitarian supplies to those in desperate need in eastern Mosul.
WFP/Haider Alithawi

UN interagency operation provides vital aid to 42,000 people in eastern Mosul

9 December 2016
Joint efforts by three United Nations agencies – the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) – saw over 42,000 people in eastern Mosul receive food, dignity kits, water purification tablets, jerry cans, and baby hygiene kits yesterday, marking the largest humanitarian aid delivery since the beginning of the current conflict.
WHO has delivered 10 emergency health kits to Al-Zahraa Center in newly-accessible areas of Mosul, Iraq, sufficient for several thousand people for 3 months.
WHO

Iraq: UN delivers live-saving medicines and medical supplies inside Mosul

5 December 2016
United Nations health agencies have delivered critical medicines and medical supplies to treat almost 13,000 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul, where the Government forces have been staging a military campaign against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or Da’esh) terrorists.