News and Stories: Iraq
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August 4, 2015
Crisis in Iraq
CRS and Caritas are expanding child support centersto keep children engaged so they can heal and transition to formal schooling.More

August 3, 2015
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Syrian refugees continue to flee the devastating civil war that has left their country in ruins.More

July 20, 2015
CRS Provides Shelter for Iraqis Displaced By ISIS
Since winter 2014, CRS and Caritas have upgraded more than 1,000 unfinished houses in Iraq with doors and windows.

July 10, 2015
For Displaced Iraqi Children, A Place to Heal
Children's laughter spills out of two large tents, a surprising sound in this dusty, harsh landscape of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Inside the tents—each about the size of a classroom—dozens of kids are at play, their raucous energy barely containable. During a relay race, pairs of youngsters take...

June 11, 2015
Iraq Journal: Assisting Families Who Fled ISIS
CRS' Nikki Gamer is in Dohuk, Iraq this week, writing daily reflections about CRS assistance to thousands of displaced families who fled the Islamic State (IS).More