Iraq: The Return to Erbil
An EMERGENCY team returns to Erbil after twelve years to treat the victims of the capture of Mosul.
Iraq: Child Victims of the Ongoing Landmine Problem
EMERGENCY staff report from the field where Iraq's landmine problem continues to affect innocent civilians, many of whom are children.
MEET OUR STAFF: Marja’s Story
WHEN THE TALIBAN ATTACKED my village, I and many others fled to seek refuge in the Panjshir Valley. We walked through the night, and all of the following day, the constant dull thud of bombs echoed around us. Some of…
Bombing a hospital is always an unacceptable act of violence.
Hospitalised patients need treatment, respite, and care; not more bombs and violence. But, once again, a hospital has become a target. Bombing a hospital is always an unacceptable act of violence. Hospitals need to be able to provide medical care…
IRAQ: Happy New Year!
EMERGENCY's Humanitarian Response Programme Manager in Iraq reflects on seeing in the new year in Afghanistan, and his new role in Iraq. “We have just finished an intense year. I began 2015 as a logistician in Lashkar-Gah, in southern Afghanistan. Along…
LIBYA: Civilian Victims in a Borderless War
Mousa and Mohamed are just two of the many war victims that we treat every single day in our hospitals. They too are the civilian victims of a borderless war.