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Overview. The humanitarian crisis in Iraq remains one of the largest and most volatile in the world. Conflict has destroyed livelihoods and infrastructure, and many have been threatened, displaced and injured. Over the past years, Iraq’s health system has faced enormous challenges as a result of shortages in basic and essential health ...
The COVID-19 outbreak has caused, as of 10 November 2021, 2,064,011 confirmed infections and 23,372 deaths; the vaccination rate remains low at 15.8% as of 31 January 2022. The pandemic had a significant impact on the health and psychological wellbeing of the population, and on the Iraqi health system which was already weakened by years of ...
Aug 30, 2022 · August 30, 2022, 4:32 AM. Welcome to today’s Morning Brief, where we’re following Iraq’s escalating political crisis, Ukraine’s counteroffensive, and the latest developments in Brazil’s ...
IRAQ REFUGEE CRISIS. 1.2 million. Nearly 1.2 million Iraqis continue to be internally displaced, and the country hosts more than 280,000 refugees from other countries (as of April 2023). 3 million. 3 million Iraqis are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection, including 1 million people who are in acute need of assistance (as of 2023).
Iraq has been successively ravaged by the 1980-1988 war with Iran, crippling sanctions after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990, internal conflict after the U.S.-led invasion of 2003, and the transnational jihadists of Islamic State after 2014. Its multiple challenges further include sectarian violence and Kurdish separatism. Crisis Group aims to promote locally-centred stabilisation and better governance of post-ISIS Iraq in order to reduce the risk of violent flare-ups in liberated areas and ...
Mar 4, 2000 · Iraq Crisis. For decades, Iraq was under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. After the terrible war of attrition with Iran in the 1980s (started by Iraq), Iraq’s economy faced numerous problems. Relations with neighboring Kuwait deteriorated and eventually led to an invasion by Iraq in August 1991.
Jan 30, 2024 · IOM will support the Government of Iraq (GoI) to develop and implement inclusive strategies towards well-managed migration, as well as recovery, peacebuilding, and stabilization initiatives that address root causes and drivers of displacement, inclusive of climate change and environmental degradation, and support durable solutions.
