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UNICEF response teams save lives in Iraq

Thousands more Iraqis have been displaced after the ISIS terrorist group captured the town of Heet (or Hit). There are now more than 1.8 million Iraqis who have been forced from their homes this year. The onslaught of ISIS is causing a massive humanitarian crisis.

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Hunger winter feared for Iraqi, Syrian war victims

Food and shelter are urgently needed for Syrian and Iraqi war victims. Thousands daily in these two countries are fleeing the onslaught of the terrorist army ISIS.

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Boston Globe Letter: Food aid key to winning the peace

More than 11 million people there are suffering. The UN World Food Program, because of low funding, has been forced to reduce rations for Syrians. We are going to need a bigger humanitarian aid plan.

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Catholic Relief agency feeding Iraq’s war victims

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is feeding the hungry in war-torn Iraq. Around 1.8 million people have been displaced by the attacks from the terrorist army ISIL.

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UN says more Iraqis fleeing to Jordan and Turkey

To escape the terrorist army ISIL, more Iraqis are fleeing to neighboring countries Jordan and Turkey.

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WFP scaling up Iraqi food aid as war continues

More than one million Iraqis are receiving aid from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). These starving war victims have been displaced from their homes by the terrorist army ISIL, who has launched attacks throughout Iraq.

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Fighting hunger part of strategy to defeat ISIL

Last week President Obama put forth his strategy for defeating the terrorist army ISIL. Feeding the starving civilians in both Iraq and Syria is a vital component of this plan.

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UNICEF feeds children in freed Iraqi town

The UN children’s agency UNICEF continues to bring aid to the Iraqi town of Amirli. After a two-month siege by ISIL, Amirli was freed by U.S. airstrikes on the terrorist army.

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Germany responds to Iraq emergency

Germany has just made a key contribution to help Iraqi war victims.

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Iraq, Syria plan must include food for hungry

As President Obama sets forth a plan to destroy the terrorist army ISIL, a broader initiative must be in place to fight hunger. The recent escalation of violence has displaced over 1.7 million Iraqis from their homes and livelihoods.

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