PROTECTION ASSISTANCE AND REINTEGRATION CENTER (PARC) IN CAMP & NON-CAMP AREAS/ UNHCR PROGRAM• PARC Protection and Community service teams monitored the newly arrived refugees from Kobane in Ibrahim Khalil throughout the week to monitor and to assess their needs.• PARC conducted one field visit for SAS in Sumel (9 families) to identify their needs and deficiencies.• CSA referred 7 cases 5 to Azadi Hospital and 2 to registration center.• CSA team did one field visit for SAS in Sumel (9 families) to identify their needs and deficiencies.• Providing SAS from camp and non-camp areas with legal assistance by PARC lawyers; (6) received cases, (3) resolved case and (3) legal advice cases.• The total clients/cases received by HAIKAR-WLC/Domiz and Gawilan camps…

They went at full speed. They could not do otherwise. In a few minutes they had to flee the villages and towns where their ancestors had lived for thousands of years. More than 1.2 million people have fled their homes in Iraq since the 2014 armed uprising of Sunni Muslim extremists self-proclaimed "Islamic State", which have successively occupied Mosul, Sinjar, Anbar and Nineveh valleys. Many of those who fled belong to religious minorities such as Christians, Yazidis and Shiites who have been targeted by extremists. All they could take with them was confiscated at checkpoints. When they arrive to the Iraqi Kurdish sites Erbil and Dohuk, they have nothing. "They are desperate," said Nabil Nissan, Executive Director of Caritas Iraq.…

As armed conflict expands in Iraq, the ICRC is stepping up its humanitarian work. It has brought food and other aid to more than 1.5 million people since January. The expansion of armed conflict to different parts of Iraq has resulted in yet another wave of massive displacement. The arrival of the rainy season and the approach of winter are making the lives of displaced Iraqi civilians more and more miserable. In response, the ICRC is scaling up its activities. It is preparing to deliver supplies to help over 40,000 people make it through the winter, and carrying out activities across front lines to address the needs of people living in conflict-stricken areas. It has brought food and other aid…

In Iraq, peace organisation PAX gives special attention to women in its effort to increase community security. We work with local partners on several projects. Our objective is to enable women to help organise their own and others' safety. In Iraq's conservative society, women are not accustomed to playing a role in public life. This applies particularly to 'male' affairs like violence and conflict. PAX is doing its utmost to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) for the population of several Iraqi cities that are among the most dangerous on the planet. We work with local women's organisations that operate in a complex environment and that seek contact with government, political and religious leaders and the police. Our…

SUMMARYBetween 20th and 21st of October a total of 233 internally displaced people (IDPs) households in unfinished buildings, parks and schools in Zakho city of Dohuk governorate were assessed. This report contains analysis of nutrition anthropometric indicators (MUAC and oedema) among children 6-­‐59 months, and presence of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection among children were assessed.Please find the complete report attached.

INTRODUCTIONThe agricultural system in Iraq is the third contributor to the GDP (circa 8% en 2012) and the second employer of the country in 2012 (around 25% of its labour force). Iraq has 9,000,000 hectares of arable land, 22% of its territory which 60% is actually cultivated. Iraq imports 80% of its food requirements. It also has a high dependence for some basic foods; wheat (50%), rice (81%), milk (67%). The agriculture sector is still a major source of livelihood for the poor and food insecure and is the largest source of rural employment. Disruption of agricultural production is strongly impacting the income of farmers as well as the national economy. Indeed the Iraqi Government normally maintains three to six…