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...
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT As 2018 drew to a close, a paradox became more starkly evident: although overall, the global population is healthier, wealthier and better connected than ever, progress has...
Overview The 2019 Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan was released in January 2019, targeting 1.75 million people, including both in-camp and out-of-camp IDPs, returnees, and vulnerable host communities...
2018 IN REVIEW This Annual Report presents information on the achievements of the Iraq Humanitarian Fund during the 2018 calendar year. However, because grant allocation, project implementation and...
Highlights • In January and February 2019, UNICEF and partners ensured nearly 1.2 million individuals had access to safe water through network construction and rehabilitation. • Across Anbar,...
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HIGHLIGHTS IDP camp closures, consolidations continue in Anbar DART monitors humanitarian impact of heavy rainfall, flooding in Iraq USAID/OFDA partner reaches 7,800 people with explosive hazard risk...
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HIGHLIGHTS 2019 HNO identifies 6.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and prioritizes protection, livelihoods, quality service provision Late 2018 flooding affects at least 32,000...
Highlights • Between January and December 2018, UNICEF and its partners ensured 384,190 individuals (180,569 children) had continued access to sanitation in 2018. UNICEF-supported partners...
Key Takeaways: Iraqi officials meet with foreign counterparts; Legislation proposed to expel U.S. forces from Iraq; Iran works to expand trade with Iraq; Growing Baghdad-KRG cooperation – On January...
Overview Camps Winter NFI needs of the camp population are covered by CRS, IOM, ICRC and UNHCR. Distributions have been ongoing since the beginning of November. UNICEF started the distribution of...
Highlights • Heavy rainfall that started on 22 November disrupted water supply and sanitation networks in IDP camps in Qayyara, Ninewa, including the six Jeda’ah camps. Road access was temporarily...
Key Takeaways: Three of the eight remaining cabinet ministers confirmed, as political wrangling continues over appointment of the rest; Agreement reached between Anbar tribal leaders on post-ISIS...
The Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced that its relief teams have continued to distribute the relief and food aid for the affected families by rain torrents in Al-Shirqat district. “The...
The Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has distributed food and relief aid to more than 100 families in Al-Tawafa area in the right side of Mosul city, which was damaged by the recent floods. “The...
This report is produced by OCHA Iraq in collaboration with humanitarian partners and with the input of official institutions. It covers the events of 23 November – 11 December, and follows two...
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OVERVIEW Natural disasters featured heavily in humanitarian response activities during November 2018. Torrential rainfall and flooding on 22-23 November affected an estimated 22,000 people in Ninewa...
BAGHDAD, 10 December 2018 - As Nadia Murad, the Yazidi activist and survivor of gender-based violence is honored with the Nobel Prize for Peace, UNICEF is calling attention to the plight of hundreds...
The Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has distributed more than 400 food parcels to the families affected by rain torrents in the district of Al-Sharqat in Salahuddin governorate. The IRCS`s relief...
Torrential rainfall on 22 and 23 November caused severe flooding across Iraq. Ninewa and Salah al-Din are the most affected governorates with bridges and roads damaged and villages inundated with...
