جيش اليتامى في الأنبار

منذ غزو العراق من قبل القوات الأميركية في نيسان عام 2003، تسجّل المنظمات المحليّة والدولية ارتفاعاً في أعداد الأيتام والأرامل بسبب تفاقم الوضع الأمني في البلاد الذي لم يشهد استقرار طوال السنوات العشر الماضية، وبات هذا يرمي بضلاله على المجتمع.

Omar al-Jaffal

Omar al-Jaffal

سبتمبر 15, 2014

Orphan boys share earphones as they listen to music in their room in the Safe House orphanage in Baghdad's Sadr City February 11, 2009. As violence finally fades and U.S. troops prepare to withdraw, sociologists and health experts say the children's reactions to such trauma could threaten Iraq's fragile calm just as it needs stability to rebuild. Picture taken February 11, 2009. To match feature IRAQ-ORPHANS/ REUTERS/May Naji (IRAQ) - RTXC8UP

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A view of damaged houses during a patrol in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, May 5, 2014. Iraqi forces are locked in a four-month fight with al Qaeda offshoot the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah. Picture taken May 5, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTR3O0MV

8 months in, clashes in Anbar continue

Omar al-Jaffal

Iraqi children orphans draw at The Iraqi Safe House for Creativity in Baghdad, November 20, 2015. Picture taken November 20 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad - RTX1WUND

Amid war on IS, Iraq’s widows and orphans face neglect

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Firefighters inspect a market destroyed after an attack by Iraq security force helicopters in Ramadi, June 8, 2014. More than 420,000 people have already escaped the two main cities of western Anbar province, Falluja and Ramadi, in fighting since the start of the year. REUTERS/ Ali al-Mashhadani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY MILITARY) - RTR3SS3E

Barrel bombs pummel Anbar

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Mourners react during a funeral of an Iraqi soldier, who was killed during clashes in Ramadi, in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad, January 10, 2014. Militants of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which is also fighting in neighbouring Syria, took control of Falluja and parts of nearby Ramadi on January 1 with the help of sympathetic armed tribesmen. The prospect of an imminent Iraqi army assault on Falluja receded on Friday as negotiators tried to work out a deal unde

Armed groups on rise in Anbar

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