Iraq: Floods - Mar 2019 Updates (Maps / Infographics)

Background Floods in Iraq have always caused significant loss of life and property. The rising levels of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers were the main causes of flooding until Iraq started using...

OVERVIEW An outbreak of fires in productive wheat and barley fields has affected 11 governorates, across 250 districts since mid-May, many of which are presumed to be intentionally lit. ISIL has...

Heavy seasonal rains in Iraq and neighbouring countries during March/April 2019 caused flooding in several governorates in Iraq. Salah al-Din in central Iraq and Basra and Missan in the south...

YEMEN Driven by prolonged conflict, economic crisis, and the breakdown of public institutions and services, humanitarian needs in Yemen remain the worst in the world. Nearly 80 per cent of the people...

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• Heavy rainfall has been affecting northern and southern Iran, most of Iraq, as well as eastern Turkey over the past 10-days, triggering flash floods that have resulted in casualties. • In Iran, 19...