Crisis In Iraq -- News Updates August 14, 2014

The distribution of tents and non-food aid continues as the population of Newroz camp grows as more and more Yazidis arrive from Mount Sinjar in Iraq. Photo: UNHCR

UN Declares Iraq ‘Level 3 Emergency’ To Trigger More Resources, Speed Up Aid Delivery -- UN News Centre

The United Nations has designated its highest level emergency for the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, citing the scale and complexity of the situation, which is impacting tens of thousands of people that have been forcefully displaced by the armed group, Islamic State (IS).

The “Level 3 Emergency” designation will “facilitate mobilization of additional resources in goods, funds and assets to ensure a more effective response to the humanitarian needs of populations affected by forced displacements,” said the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov.

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Crisis In Iraq -- News Updates August 14, 2014

UN declares Iraq emergency amid clashes -- Al Jazeera
Iraq: UN sounds alarm on humanitarian crisis -- BBC
UN declares highest-level humanitarian emergency in Iraq as clashes erupt near Baghdad -- FOX News
Iraq humanitarian crisis has reached highest level, UN aid officials warn -- The Guardian
U.N. grades Iraq's humanitarian crisis as most severe -- UPI
UN declares highest level of emergency in Iraq over ISIS advance -- RT

Obama says militant siege broken – but Iraq mission not over yet -- FOX News
Obama: US humanitarian teams to be out of Iraq within days -- Stars and Stripes
Obama says siege at Iraq's Mount Sinjar broken -- Reuters
Iraq crisis: Obama says US 'broke Mt Sinjar siege' -- BBC
Obama to end humanitarian airdrops in Iraq but air strikes will continue -- The Guardian
Iraq crisis: US and Britain call off rescue of Yazidis on Mount Sinjar -- The Guardian
Iraq crisis: Where have the Yazidi refugees gone? -- BBC

Islamic State militants mass near town north of Baghdad -- Reuters
Iraq fighting heats up; 4 kids among dead -- USA Today
Kurdish government: US should 'expand airstrikes' in Iraq -- BBC
Outgunned and untested for years, Kurdish peshmerga struggle -- Reuters
Meet the women fighters of the Peshmerga who are fighting against the deadly Islamic State -- Express.co.uk

Exclusive: Governor of Iraq's Sunni heartland secures U.S. support against militants -- Reuters
Governor of Iraq’s Anbar province says U.S. to help against ISIS -- Al Arabiya

Britain deploys SAS to Iraq, France sending weapons to Kurds -- CSM/AP/Reuters
U.S. seeking European arms, ammunition for Kurds: officials -- Reuters
Dutch will consider providing arms to assist Iraq: government -- Reuters
Britain ready to supply weapons directly to Kurdish forces in Iraq -- The Guardian