Updates on Iraq Crisis

• Iraq Crisis Appeal: Join Hands to Bring Hope to Iraq Displaced People| 2014.08.22
• In Iraq, Women of Religious Minorities are being Abused, Shiite City is Besieged | 2014.08.18
• Iraq Is at the Highest Level of Humanitarian Crisis | 2014.08.15
• Closely Monitor the Crisis in Iraq | 2014.08.14

Background on the crisis

Since this January, a large part of Anbar has been under ISIS control. This has led to approximately 560,000 Iraqi people fleeing to the northern part of Iraq. Following the fall of Mousal in June, an estimate of another 650,000 persons have fled to Kurdistan Region as well.

*Integral Alliance (IA), a global alliance comprising of 19 Christian relief and development agencies, is now providing disaster responses to humanitarian crisis in Syria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic, and is closely monitoring the crisis in Iraq. CEDAR is one of the member agencies of Integral Alliance.