Humanitarian

In August 2014, thousands of Yezidis were trapped in the Shingal mountains as they tried to escape from the so-called Islamic State. (Photo: Anadolu Agency/Emrah Yorulmaz)

Syria

Yezidi survivor rescued from Syria returns to family

Women look after children at the sprawling al-Hol displacement camp in northeastern Syria, Oct. 17, 2019 (AFP/Delil Souleiman)

Europe

Kosovo repatriates 11 women and children from Syria

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

Europe

Finland repatriates women and children with links to ISIS from northeast Syria

An aerial view taken on July 15, 2021 shows a bridge damaged by trunks following heavy rains and flood in Echtershausen, near Bitburg, western Germany. (Photo: Sebastien Bozon/AFP)

Europe

PM Barzani extends condolences to European flood victims

Former stray dogs relax at the Animals of Kurdistan shelter outside Erbil, April 24, 2021. (Photo: Joanne Stocker-Kelly)

Kurdistan

US ban on dog imports cuts path to safety for Iraq’s strays

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to extend cross-border aid to northwest Syria on July 9, 2021. (Photo: Social Media)

Syria

UN Security Council extends cross-border aid to northwest Syria

UN humanitarian aid trucks enter northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on June 1, 2021 (Photo: AP)

World

People living in famine-like conditions rose sixfold in 2020: Oxfam

Sardasht IDP camp on Sinjar Mountain, Jan. 19, 2021. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

UN donates nearly 10,000 tent covers for displaced people in Kurdistan Region

Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey to Syria, March 2006. (Photo: Patrickneil/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY 3.0)

Kurdistan

Russia proposes 6-month extension of Syria crossing but US seeks year

UN humanitarian aid trucks enter northwest Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on June 1, 2021 (Photo: AP)

Syria

Russia should not block cross-border aid to Syria: HRW

Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson of the Commission of inquiry on Syria (Photo: UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré)

Syria

UN investigator criticizes abuses in northeast and northwest Syria

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in camps in Kurdistan's Duhok province receive civil identification documents. (Photo: UNCHR).

Kurdistan

Over 29,000 displaced persons receive civil IDs in Kurdistan's Duhok: UNHCR

An amputee uses crutches to walk in a debris-strewn street in the old neighborhood of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Nov. 7, 2018. (Photo: Zaid al-Obeidi/AFP)

Iraq

Victims of US-led raids in Mosul still waiting for compensation

Turkish-backed groups have repeatedly cut off drinking water to the northern Syrian city of Hasakah. (Photo: Archive)

Syria

Water cut to over 500,000 people in northeast Syria, UN says

Suspected ISIS fighters at an SDF prison in Hasakah, Syria, November 2019. (Photo: Joanne Stocker-Kelly)

Syria

Hundreds of children detained in prisons in northeast Syria, Red Cross says

The Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey to Syria, March 2006. (Photo: Patrickneil/Wikimedia Commons/CC-BY 3.0)

Syria

Cross-border aid to Syria will end, says Russian ambassador to UN