Iraq Displacement
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Hundreds Suffer Food Poisoning At Iraqi Camp East Of Mosul
About 800 people fell ill in a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a camp for displaced people east of the Iraqi city of Mosul, officials and aid groups said on Tuesday.
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Without School, Children Of Mosul Feared Lost To Poverty And Conflict
Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when ISIS swept into Mosul and declared a "caliphate" in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the terrorists, his parents took him out of school. Three years later, he sells ice cream at a refugee camp for internally displaced Iraqis.
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Sad. India Ranks Behind Bangladesh, Pakistan And Iraq In Happiness Index
India ranked a low 122 on a list of the world's happiest countries published under a UN initiative, dropping four slots from last year and coming behind China, Pakistan, Nepal and Iraq.
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Humble Iraqi Dish Offers Taste of Home for Mosul's Displaced
Long before it became famous as a battlefield in the fight against the Islamic State group, the Iraqi city of Mosul was known for its ancient cuisine, enriched by Syrian, Turkish and Persian recipes.
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Reopened Iraqi Schools Help Children Unlearn ISIS' Curriculum Of Terror
Huge smiles lit the faces of the Iraqi children lining up outside the newly opened school in Jadaa displacement camp, for many hadn't seen a classroom in two years.
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After ISIS, Iraq Has A New Enemy: The Biting Cold
After enduring two years of tyranny under the Islamic State group and surviving the war that liberated them, displaced civilians in northern Iraq face a new enemy: the cold.
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UN Refugee Agency Shipping Aid To Iraqis Displaced By Mosul Campaign
The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the ISIS group.
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Turkish Red Crescent Says Sending Aid For 10,000 To Iraq's Mosul
The Turkish Red Crescent is sending trucks of aid to northern Iraq with enough food and humanitarian supplies for 10,000 people displaced by fighting in Mosul, the president of the agency said on Friday.
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United Nations Warns Mosul Displacement Could Be Worst In Years
The United Nations warned today that a military offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the ISIS group could result in the worst population displacement in years.
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Iraqi Response To Displaced 'Woefully Insufficient': Amnesty
Iraq's assistance to civilians forced from their homes by conflict has been far from adequate, Amnesty International said today, warning that fresh displacement could spell catastrophe.
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Offensives Against ISIS Could Displace 2.3 Million Iraqis: UN
Upcoming military offensives in Iraq against Islamic State, including an assault on the northern city of Mosul, could displace at least 2.3 million people, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq said on Thursday.
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Iraq Says Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS
Sniper fire by ISIS terrorists killed a senior Iraqi commander near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the terrorist group's main bastion in Iraq, as the U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area.
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Number of Displaced Iraqis Hits 3.2 Million, Says United Nations
The number of people who have been displaced by conflict in Iraq since the start of 2014 has reached 3.2 million, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday.
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Japan Boosts Support for War Refugees From Syria, Iraq
Japan's prime minister said on Tuesday that his country would provide $1.56 billion to assist Syrians and Iraqis displaced by conflict and for building peace across the Middle East and Africa.
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In Rich Gulf Arab States, Some Feel Shame Over Response to Refugees
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant refuge in the Arab world's richest states.
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Hundreds Suffer Food Poisoning At Iraqi Camp East Of Mosul
About 800 people fell ill in a mass outbreak of food poisoning at a camp for displaced people east of the Iraqi city of Mosul, officials and aid groups said on Tuesday.
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Without School, Children Of Mosul Feared Lost To Poverty And Conflict
Ahmed Abdelsattar was 14 when ISIS swept into Mosul and declared a "caliphate" in 2014. Fearing he would be indoctrinated and sent to fight by the terrorists, his parents took him out of school. Three years later, he sells ice cream at a refugee camp for internally displaced Iraqis.
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Sad. India Ranks Behind Bangladesh, Pakistan And Iraq In Happiness Index
India ranked a low 122 on a list of the world's happiest countries published under a UN initiative, dropping four slots from last year and coming behind China, Pakistan, Nepal and Iraq.
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Humble Iraqi Dish Offers Taste of Home for Mosul's Displaced
Long before it became famous as a battlefield in the fight against the Islamic State group, the Iraqi city of Mosul was known for its ancient cuisine, enriched by Syrian, Turkish and Persian recipes.
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Reopened Iraqi Schools Help Children Unlearn ISIS' Curriculum Of Terror
Huge smiles lit the faces of the Iraqi children lining up outside the newly opened school in Jadaa displacement camp, for many hadn't seen a classroom in two years.
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After ISIS, Iraq Has A New Enemy: The Biting Cold
After enduring two years of tyranny under the Islamic State group and surviving the war that liberated them, displaced civilians in northern Iraq face a new enemy: the cold.
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UN Refugee Agency Shipping Aid To Iraqis Displaced By Mosul Campaign
The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the ISIS group.
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Turkish Red Crescent Says Sending Aid For 10,000 To Iraq's Mosul
The Turkish Red Crescent is sending trucks of aid to northern Iraq with enough food and humanitarian supplies for 10,000 people displaced by fighting in Mosul, the president of the agency said on Friday.
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United Nations Warns Mosul Displacement Could Be Worst In Years
The United Nations warned today that a military offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the ISIS group could result in the worst population displacement in years.
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Iraqi Response To Displaced 'Woefully Insufficient': Amnesty
Iraq's assistance to civilians forced from their homes by conflict has been far from adequate, Amnesty International said today, warning that fresh displacement could spell catastrophe.
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Offensives Against ISIS Could Displace 2.3 Million Iraqis: UN
Upcoming military offensives in Iraq against Islamic State, including an assault on the northern city of Mosul, could displace at least 2.3 million people, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq said on Thursday.
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Iraq Says Senior Military Commander Killed While Fighting ISIS
Sniper fire by ISIS terrorists killed a senior Iraqi commander near the northern ISIS-held city of Mosul, the terrorist group's main bastion in Iraq, as the U.N. refugee agency warned that thousands of civilians have been newly displaced from that area.
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Number of Displaced Iraqis Hits 3.2 Million, Says United Nations
The number of people who have been displaced by conflict in Iraq since the start of 2014 has reached 3.2 million, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday.
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Japan Boosts Support for War Refugees From Syria, Iraq
Japan's prime minister said on Tuesday that his country would provide $1.56 billion to assist Syrians and Iraqis displaced by conflict and for building peace across the Middle East and Africa.
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In Rich Gulf Arab States, Some Feel Shame Over Response to Refugees
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, fellow Gulf states raced to shelter thousands of displaced Kuwaitis. Fast forward 25 years, and the homeless from Syria's nearby war have found scant refuge in the Arab world's richest states.
