ReliefWeb

Highlights

• Number of displaced stands at 72,325 families as per Government figures of 28 May 2014.

• DSRSG/HC/RC briefs donor community in Baghdad on Anbar Crisis May 28, 2104 on potential of operations ceasing owing to a lack of funding

• Al-Naser and Al-Salam sub district face multiple crises’

• Report of the post campaign independent monitoring of the 11-17 May 2014 National polio immunization Days prepared by WHO released.

Situation overview

The number of IDP families stands at 72,325 as per Ministry of Migration and Displacement (MoMD) latest registration report, with 50,922 families inside Anbar and 21,403 in other Governorates.

ISF operations conducted to regain territory in Fallujah have reportedly been repelled by opposition groups. ISF artillery and mortars reportedly fired into Fallujah have caused civilian casualties.

Thousands have been displaced from Fallujah in the past days, with a large number of civilians trapped inside the city due to the ongoing fighting.

An increased level of displacement is reported from Jurf Al-Sakhar in Babylon as a result of the military operations in Fallujah. Jurf Al-Sakhar borders Anbar previously several families were displaced from this location to Kerbala. Following recent events, displacement is now reported to Musayib within Babylon and further to Al-Latifiya in Baghdad. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) protection monitoring teams are following and will provide an assessment concerning these IDPs and the situation in Jurf Al-Sakhar. Additionally UNHCR reports 844 IDP families have been displaced following the outbreak of violence in Sleman Beag / Salah Al-Din and Al-Saadiya/ Diyala.

Al-Naser and Al-Salam sub district (population of 176,000) is currently victim to multiple crises. Initially, military operations forced most families in the rural area bordering Fallujah to leave their homes. Subsequently, floods decimated crops and livestock, damaging 200 sq km, 10,406 houses, and forced the closure of 49 schools and two primary healthcare centers (PHCs). This situation precipitated the displacement of more than 12,000 families.