Baghdad stumbles in response to Ramadi refugees

180,000 Iraqis now displaced by the Islamic State from Ramadi; Islamic State benefits from Saudi military intervention in Yemen; Jabhat al-Nusra’s attempted makeover.
Displaced Sunni women fleeing the violence in Ramadi, carry bags as they walk on the outskirts of Baghdad, May 24, 2015. Iraqi forces recaptured territory from advancing Islamic State militants near the recently-fallen city of Ramadi on Sunday, while in Syria the government said the Islamists had killed hundreds of people since capturing the town of Palmyra. REUTERS/Stringer - RTX1ED8I
Displaced Sunni women fleeing the violence in Ramadi carry bags as they walk on the outskirts of Baghdad, May 24, 2015. - REUTERS
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"Opportunities lost" after fall of Ramadi

A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said May 29 that onerous documentation requirements by the government of Iraq have made life even more difficult for some 85,000 Iraqis displaced by Ramadi's capture by the Islamic State (IS) on May 17.

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