Freed Yazidi boy joins his mother in Canada
After being held captive by armed groups in Iraq for three years, 13-year-old Emad reunites with his mother in Winnipeg with UNHCR help. Iraq: Cathy Otten, August 2017 Emad was kidnapped three years ago when armed groups attacked the town of Sinjar, 100 kilometres...
Finnish ‘grandmother’ helps troubled toddler find peace
Azaldeen and his young daughter are starting over on a small island in south-west Finland, after family tragedy forced them to flee Baghdad. By Caroline Bach in Nagu, Finland Diana arrived in Finland aged just two in October 2015, struggling to come to terms with the...
Trapped Mosul civilians in dire need of relief
Fleeing residents highlight danger, lack of food and water for hundreds of thousands of civilians who remain trapped in militant-held areas of Iraq’s second largest city. MOSUL, Iraq – As darkness fell over Mosul, Saad*, 45, put his injured son on his back and...