Iraq has faced a tragic cycle of war and violence. Some 2.5 million people have been displaced in the country from ongoing conflict. The IRC documents this forgotten humanitarian crisis.
Some 2.5 million people have been uprooted by a seemingly endless cycle of war and conflict in Iraq. Many of them have been unable to return to their homes for nearly a decade. Thousands of Iraqis remain in desperate need of shelter, food, water and safety as militants continue their violent campaign against religious minorities.
International Rescue Committee emergency response advocates, Melanie Teff and Sameer Saran, recently traveled through northern Iraq to document this forgotten humanitarian crisis.