OCHA Flash Update Iraq Crisis – Ramadi Displacement No. 9 | 1-3 June 2015

Situation

1. Reports on 3 June indicate Ramadi City is fully surrounded by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). Clashes are being reported in southern, as well as eastern and northern sectors of the city as ISF advances. Some 527 families are still in the city, local partners say.

2. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has reportedly shut off the dams in both Ramadi and Falluja, according to United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). On the same day, Anbar Provincial Council Chairman, Sabah Karhout in a televised address requested parliament to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the impact of the shut-down of the main dam in Ramadi. The dam closure has already resulted in a major drop in water levels on the Euphrates River. Closure of the facility in Ramadi will prevent water from reaching eastern Anbar and southern Iraqi governorates, Anbar authorities warn. Water levels in Khalidiya and Habbaniya sub-districts, Anbar Governorate, are already being affected, the Institute for the Study of War reported.