HIGHLIGHTS
- Military operations to retake the last major territory held by ISIL begin in western Anbar.
- 184,000 people are currently displaced by recent unrest in northern governorates.
- Almost 62,000 people return to Hawiga a month after it is retaken, to a lack of services and explosive hazard contamination.
- Heaters, fuel and sanitation upgrades are urgently needed in camps across Iraq as winter approaches.
- IHF launches $14 million reserve allocation for Hawiga.
Military operations resume in western Anbar
Initial humanitarian impact light as troops move through sparsely populated desert
Military operations to retake Ka’im and Ru’ua in western Anbar from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant began on 26 October. This part of western Anbar, on the border with Syria, is the last major territory held by ISIL in Iraq.
The initial days of the operation saw minimal fresh displacements, as troops moved through sparsely-populated desert.
Many of the handful of people displaced from the retaken villages and rural areas east of Ka’im returned home after screening, and the Iraqi authorities provided transport.
Original source and full report: OCHA.
Posted on 2 November 2017
