Kobane

The view across the Kawar Gosk refugee camp for Syrian refugees in Northern Iraq.

Refugees who have escaped ISIS will soon have to battle winter weather

October 21, 2014Conflict

Refugees pouring into the makeshift camps in northern Iraq will soon face yet another disaster: winter. Temperatures are expected to fall below zero as winter approaches, and aid agencies are unable to cope with the massive number of needy Iraqis trying to escape ISIS.

Smoke rises after a US-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobane on October 8, 2014.

Airstrikes in Kobane aren’t relieving the desperation among Kurdish refugees

October 9, 2014Conflict