Iraq

20 December 2012

Secretary General praises strong support and partnership in Iraq

By Raefah Makki Bekele Geleta, the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), visited the Iraqi Red Crescent Society on 17  and 18 December 2012. The main agenda of the visit focused on review and discussion of the humanitarian  context in Iraq and in neighboring countries, and the...
Jordan Red Crescent launches clinic to help Iraqi refugees
9 August 2007

Jordan Red Crescent launches clinic to help Iraqi refugees

The first of five clinics to provide health care to Iraqi refugees in Jordan was inaugurated on Wednesday, 8 August in Jabal Al-Taj, a poor neighbourhood in Amman ...
Displaced Iraqis in Syria and Jordan - relieving the pain
31 July 2007

Displaced Iraqis in Syria and Jordan - relieving the pain

Sunday (29 July) was an historical day for Iraqi football and for Ammar.
5 July 2007

Iraq: “We leave home in the morning without knowing if we will return in the evening”

Thirty-four year-old statistics expert Abdulwahab Hmood taught at university before joining the Iraqi Red Crescent two years ago.
16 November 2004

Additional support for the Iraqi Red Crescent

The International Federation is increasing its support to the Iraqi Red Crescent Society’s (IRCS) emergency operations to help people displaced by the escalating ...
Iraqi Red Crescent nurtures the roots
30 September 2003

Iraqi Red Crescent nurtures the roots

The wedding hall is nicely decorated, balloons hang from the ceiling and music is filling the faces with joy.
19 August 2003

Iraqis recount grim realities of war

They now call her “the burier”.
14 August 2003

Honouring the "grandmother" of the Iraq Red Crescent

Khairyah Al Maqdsi is the grandmother of all Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) volunteers.
Iraq: volunteerism is alive and well and … on television
30 July 2003

Iraq: volunteerism is alive and well and … on television

The lucky number is 25 and every one of those twenty-five is wearing a black suit and standing in the midst of post-war ruins in downtown Baghdad alongside the other ...
War in Iraq leaves families bereft
23 July 2003

War in Iraq leaves families bereft

Abed Hamoudi is 72 years old and he will see his family again.
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