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UNHCR warns Mosul situation deteriorating as fighting rages
23 Mar 2017 Around 400,000 people thought to be trapped in the Old City lack food, clean water and fuel to keep themselves warm. -
As street fighting rages in Mosul, residents run for safety
17 Mar 2017 Since the operation in western Mosul began last month, over 100,000 residents have fled, with 32,000 in the last week alone. -
Displaced Yemenis face dire conditions after latest violence
10 Mar 2017 Renewed fighting has displaced more than 62,000 people in recent weeks, with many facing malnutrition, disease and inadequate shelter. -
Hunger and violence drive residents to flee west Mosul
7 Mar 2017 Latest wave of displaced Iraqis say food shortages and intense fighting in the west of the city forced them to risk everything to seek safety. -
Thousands flee west Mosul as fighting intensifies
3 Mar 2017 About 4,000 people a day are escaping the embattled west of the city, telling of violence, hunger and deprivation in the war-ravaged enclave. -
UNHCR readies for fresh Mosul exodus as battle moves west
21 Feb 2017 Displaced Iraqis voice fears for relatives trapped in west of the city, as UNHCR prepares for movement of up to a quarter of a million people. -
Funding crunch exacerbates Yemen 'catastrophe'
17 Feb 2017 Deaths through famine and lack of medical attention in the country are being aggravated as UN Refugee Agency relief operations are just one per cent funded. -
Fleeing west Mosul by boat to the shelter of a UNHCR camp
9 Feb 2017 Families risk their lives to escape an extremist-held area of Iraq's second-largest city, as UNHCR prepares for fresh exodus. -
Insecurity in Yemen threatens incoming refugees and migrants
7 Feb 2017 UNHCR launches campaign to highlight dangers to thousands of people – most from Ethiopia and Somalia – who continue head to Yemen despite the raging conflict.