By Omar Ahmed Abenza It is six o'clock in the morning and, despite the temperature exceeding 50 degrees in the hot months, it is a little cold in Najaf. Yesterday afternoon we received a call from Khalid, who is from Telafar district in northern Iraq. Displaced by the war, he sometimes works for us...
Following heavy fighting between Islamic State forces and the Kurdish forces in Sinjar (North West of Iraq), as well as in other areas to the west of Kurdistan, over 200,000 people are reported to have fled. Many Iraqis fleeing their homes have now moved into Kurdistan, where authorities have...
Eleven days after militants from the Islamic State (IS) group stormed the district of Sinjar in Ninewa governorate, Iraq, a constant stream of thousands of exhausted people are crossing into Syria every day. They are heading to the relative safety of the northern border between Syria and Iraq...
With the recent wave of fighting extending every day, MSF teams are currently responding to the needs of the population in several locations in Iraq. In Najaf governorate, in southern Iraq, MSF is monitoring the situation closely and preparing an emergency response for a potential influx of...
With the resurgence of violence in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of people have fled the major Iraqi cities of Mosul, Fallujah and Tikrit in the past month as a result of fighting between armed opposition groups and the Iraqi army. Civilians have been fleeing cities in the central Anbar and Salah ad...
All parties to the conflict in Iraq must spare civilians and health structures Following severe damage of its clinic in Tikrit as a result of the shellingof the city on 13 June, preventing the provision of medical care to approximately 40,000 people displaced by the recent surge in conflict in Iraq...
Syrian refugees are crossing the border into Iraqi Kurdistan in huge numbers, with more than 42,300 passing through the Peshkabour border crossing since it reopened a week ago on 15 August. Teams from the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have set up health posts on...
Decades of conflict, political instability and social upheaval have left many Iraqis vulnerable to psychological stress, mental health disorders and in need of mental health care says Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a new report launched in Baghdad. MSF’s new report Healing Iraqis: The Challenges...
The registered number of refugees gathering at the Domeez camp, near the city of Dohuk in the Kurdish region of Iraq, is increasing daily. While 700 to 1,000 newcomers are registering every day, the services provided in the camp remain insufficient to cope with mounting needs. Every day up to 1,000...
As the crisis in Syria intensifies, people continue to flee to neighbouring countries. More then 50,000 Syrians have sought refuge in Iraq, including 42000 in the Kurdistan region where many live in overcrowded camps. Domeez camp, near the city of Dohuk in the Kurdish region of Iraq, was set up at...
