Iraq
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Key Content
OCHA: Iraq: Humanitarian Bulletin, November 2019![UNAMI: UN strongly condemns attacks by armed entities on peaceful protesters [EN/AR/KU] - Cover preview](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/styles/attachment-small/public/resources-pdf-previews/1420003-UN%20strongly%20condemns%20attacks%20by%20armed%20entities%20on%20peaceful%20protesters%20_%207%20December%202019%20EN.png?itok=1NMmk3Wo)
UNAMI: UN strongly condemns attacks by armed entities on peaceful protesters [EN/AR/KU]
IOM: Iraq: Displacement Tracking Matrix | DTM Round 112 - November 2019
Appeals & Response Plans
![OCHA: Iraq: Humanitarian Needs Overview 2020 (November 2019) [EN/AR/KU] - Cover preview](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/styles/attachment-small/public/resources-pdf-previews/1404238-iraq_hno_2020.png?itok=MJ9quhqu)
OCHA: Iraq: Humanitarian Needs Overview 2020 (November 2019) [EN/AR/KU]
UNICEF: Humanitarian Action for Children 2020 - Iraq
OCHA: Iraq: 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (January - December 2019)![OCHA: Iraq: 2019 Summary of Humanitarian Response Plan (January - December 2019) [EN/AR] - Cover preview](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/styles/attachment-small/public/resources-pdf-previews/1284438-2019_hrp_at_a_glance_iraq_en-2.png?itok=v1LpPN-V)
OCHA: Iraq: 2019 Summary of Humanitarian Response Plan (January - December 2019) [EN/AR]![UNHCR: UNHCR Regional Winterization Assistance Plan 2019-2020: Syria and Iraq Situations (September 2019 - Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt) [EN/AR] - Cover preview](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/styles/attachment-small/public/resources-pdf-previews/1362618-71296.png?itok=bQDh3GDT)
UNHCR: UNHCR Regional Winterization Assistance Plan 2019-2020: Syria and Iraq Situations (September 2019 - Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt) [EN/AR]
UNDP: Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan 2019-2020 - In Response to the Syria Crisis
UNHCR: 3RP Iraq Country Chapter 2019-2020
UNICEF: Humanitarian Action for Children 2019 - Syrian refugees![IOM: IOM Iraq Crisis Funding Appeal 2019 [EN/AR/KU] - Cover preview](https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/styles/attachment-small/public/resources-pdf-previews/1267163-iom-iraq-crisis-funding-appeal-2019.png?itok=x-AUi6zR)
IOM: IOM Iraq Crisis Funding Appeal 2019 [EN/AR/KU]
Useful Links
Headlines (most recent)
- UNAMI: UN strongly condemns attacks by armed entities on peaceful protesters in Baghdad. 7 Dec 2019
- IOM: IOM Iraq launches countrywide strategy for disability inclusion. 3 Dec 2019
- ICRC: As death toll rises in protests, ICRC deplores loss of life and violence in Iraq. 29 Nov 2019
- UNICEF: More than 3.1 million Iraqi children to be vaccinated against polio. 26 Nov 2019
- Medair: Crisis in north-eastern Syria sends thousands over border to Iraq. 18 Nov 2019
Most read reports
- Euro-Med Monitor: Euro-Med Monitor: 300 Iraqi Protesters Kidnapped by Government Forces and Held in Secret Prison. 15 Dec 2019
- Amnesty: Iraq: End ‘campaign of terror’ targeting protesters. 15 Dec 2019
- UNAMI: UN strongly condemns attacks by armed entities on peaceful protesters [EN/AR/KU]. 7 Dec 2019
- iMMAP: Iraq: iMMAP - IHF Humanitarian Access Response -Explosive Hazards Risk Level on Roads in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala,Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates 01-30 November 2019. 15 Dec 2019
- iMMAP: Iraq: iMMAP - IHF Humanitarian Access Response -Explosive Hazards Risk Level on Roads in Diyala Governorate 01-30 November 2019. 15 Dec 2019
ICRC NEWS 42
RANYA, Iraq (Reuter) - Iraqi Kurdish forces which had been supported by President Saddam Hussein fled an advance by their Kurdish rivals as fierce fighting Monday marred a renewed U.S. bid to bring the two warring parties together.
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), backed two months ago by Iraqi troops and tanks when it took the main north Iraq
FROM MICHAEL THEODOULOU IN NICOSIA
SALAHUDDIN, Iraq (Reuter) - Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani Thursday threatened to ask Iraqi President Saddam Hussein for further aid against a rival militia six weeks after earlier Iraqi intervention unleased a retaliatory U.S. missile strike.
The United States said it hoped there would be no reason to use U.S. military forces again.
''If the Kurdish people are under hard pressure of the PUK, we will ask for help from Iraq,'' Barzani told a news conference at his headquarters near the northern town of Salahuddin.
DATE=10/17/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-204753
TITLE=U-S / KURDS (S ONLY)
BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
Several of you have called for information on northern Iraq. UNHCR does not monitor military activities, so there's not a lot I can tell you on that front. From UNHCR's perspective, we're on the alert for any sizeable population movements or returns, but so far we have no firm reports of any such movements. There has been some speculation that some of the estimated 40,000 people who fled the north to Iran last month could now elect to return to the Sulaimaniya area, so we'll be on the lookout for any sign of that.
DEGALA, Iraq (Reuter) - An Iraqi Kurdish militia backed by President Saddam Hussein battled with a resurgent rival group in northern Iraq Tuesday in a bid to win back lost ground in see-saw fighting closely watched by Washington.
The Saddam-backed militiamen pushed their rivals six miles back in a counterattack aimed at retaking a key town, witnesses said.
About 2,000 Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) fighters deployed near the town of Degala moved closer to their target, Koy
DATE=10/14/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-204553
TITLE=IRAQ / KURDS (S)
BYLINE=LAURIE KASSMAN
DATELINE=CAIRO
CONTENT=
DATE=10/2/96
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-204044
TITLE=IRAQ FORMIN (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ELAINE JOHANSON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER MOHAMMED SAID AL-SAHAF BLASTED THE UNITED STATES WEDNESDAY, ACCUSING IT OF HOLDING HOSTAGE A UNITED NATIONS APPROVED PLAN FOR LIMITED IRAQI OIL EXPORTS. THE IRAQI MINISTER -- SPEAKING IN THE U-N GENERAL ASSEMBLY -- ALSO CHARGED THAT U-N WEAPONS INSPECTORS ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL TOOLS BY WASHINGTON. V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT ELAINE JOHANSON REPORTS:
The cumulative effects of economic sanctions, hyper-inflation , unemployment and this year's 30 percent drop in crop production have led to a disquieting level of hardship for vulnerable groups in Iraq. Malnutrition is rampant and less than 50 percent of children and women are receiving more than half of their caloric needs. Recent hostilities in the north have further exacerbated an already dismal humanitarian situation throughout Iraq. An estimated 20,000 people have been displaced from their homes and an additional 30,000 people have sought refuge in Iran.
September 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW
Emergency Requirements for the Period
October - December 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Situation Analysis
Food Assistance (WFP)
Health (UNICEF/WHO)
Nutrition (UNICEF/WHO)
Water and Sanitation (UNICEF/WHO)
Education (UNICEF)
Energy (UNDP)
Returnees/IDPs, Shelter and Rural Resettlement (UNHCR/DHA/UNCHS/FAO)
1. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
Internally displaced people
WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuter) - The United States said on Wednesday it was considering evacuating thousands more Kurds from northern Iraq because it is believed they are at risk.
1. HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
Internally displaced people
On 9 September, in the continuing hostilities
between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of
Kurdistan (PUK), KDP forces seized control of Sulaymaniyah, in northern
Iraq. The town had previously been in the hands of the PUK.
An estimated 80,000 civilians in all have fled Sulaymaniyah in the direction of the Iranian border. About half of them are
Bill Frelick
Senior Policy Analyst, U.S. Committee for Refugees
Bob DeVecchi
