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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. -
UNHCR fears for the safety of thousands of refugees in embattled Libya
5 Aug 2014 Almost 37,000 people are registered with UNHCR in Tripoli and Benghazi, with many living in areas heavily damaged by fighting and unable to leave to safer areas. -
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