Humanitarian

UN agencies warned on May 17, 2022, that urgent additional funding is needed to continue assisting 72,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region (Photo: WFP/Hashem Marwan Khalil)

Kurdistan

Syrian refugees in Kurdistan Region camps facing ‘alarming levels of food insecurity’: UN agencies

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: Anadolu Agency)

Syria

Syrian Kurdish opposition group opposes Erdogan's plan to return 1 million Syrian refugees

Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius met with Yezidi activist Nadia Murad on Friday, May 13, 2022 (Photo: Twitter/Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius)

Kurdistan

Dutch Justice Minister meets Yezidi Nobel laureate Nadia Murad

Residents walk within northeastern Syria's sprawling al-Hol displacement camp, March 3, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Delil Souleiman)

Syria

3 bodies found in Syria's al-Hol camp

On 8 May, Sweden repatriated two women and three children from northeast Syria (Photo: Abdulkarim Omar/Twitter)

Syria

Sweden repatriates 2 women and 3 children from northeast Syria

Veiled women and a child in northeastern Syria's al-Hol camp. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq recently repatriated nearly 500 families from Syria's al-Hol camp: FM Hussein

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, left, talks with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell prior to a meeting, Supporting the future of Syria and the region, May 10, 2022. (Photo: Olivier Matthys/AP)

Syria

Donors urged to dig deep as Ukraine war hits Syria hard

Displaced Yezidis (Ezidis) arriving in Duhok following clashes between Iraqi army and PKK affiliates YBS forces. (Photo: DMCR)

Kurdistan

1,700 families displaced by recent Sinjar fighting: DMCR

Displaced Yazidi women sit in their tent at the Chamishko camp for internally displaced persons (IDP) in the city of Zakho in the north of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on May 5, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Yazidis displaced anew by north Iraq violence

A general view of Karama camp for internally displaced Syrians, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022 by the village of Atma, Idlib province, Syria. (Photo: Omar Albam/AP)

Syria

Syrians in desperate need of aid hit hard by Ukraine fallout

The Bersive IDP camp in Zakho (Photo: Bersive camp 1/Facebook)

Kurdistan

Displaced Yezidi woman commits suicide in Zakho

Displaced Yezidis are pictured at camp for internally displaced persons in the city of Zakho in Duhok province, May 5, 2022. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Kurdistan

Clashes in Sinjar have displaced over 10,000 people: Duhok governor

Nearly 10,000 displaced Syrians still live in the Rukban camp (Photo: Syrian Red Crescent/AFP/File)

Syria

Families flee ‘dreadful living conditions’ in Syria’s Rukban camp: SOHR

Thousands of political prisoners are held in the vast Silivri prison, Istanbul, 2016 (Photo: AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Turkey

Kurdish opposition party calls for end to inhumane conditions in Turkish prisons

A member of the Barzani Charity Foundation (BCF) distributes aid to the newly displaced people from Sinjar in Duhok province, May 2, 2022. (Photo: Handout/BCF)

Kurdistan

UNHCR hails KRG for ‘welcoming’ civilians displaced by Sinjar clashes

A picture taken on August 17, 2015 shows buildings that were damaged during fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and ISIS militants in the town of Sinjar. (Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP)

Iraq

UNHCR to cooperate with KRG's Joint Crisis Coordination Centre to assess needs of civilians displaced by Sinjar clashes