"When you are from a war torn country, is it your fault?"

Right now, an Iraqi military operation to retake the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul is underway and 200,000 terrified citizens are expected to flee the city in the first weeks. Without clear routes for families to escape safely, hundreds of thousands of people may be caught in the fighting.

It’s one thing to get children who’ve fled war back into school. But it’s another thing to help them continue to learn.

Worried about the surge in fighting in their Dara’a, Syria neighbourhood, 30-year-old Anwar and her family of six fled to Jordan in 2013. They had no means of earning money since it was nearly impossible for Syrian refugees to receive a work permit – a daily reality for many Syrian refugees living on the fringe.

Thousands of people are fleeing their homes as the Iraqi army, Kurdish Peshmerga and coalition forces fight to retake Mosul — Iraq's second largest city — from the ISIS militant group.

Meet an ambitious Syrian woman who operates a beauty salon in her home in Jordan with support from the IRC.

Despite ceasefire talks and “de-escalation” areas, peace has not broken out in Syria. IRC aid workers report from four conflict zones.

The Guardian hosted IRC President David Miliband for a discussion about the global refugee crisis and what we can do. Here's a quick look at what you need to know from this #GuardianLive.

The man behind the marmalade-loving character, the late author Michael Bond, drew on his wartime memories of evacuees and refugees when he created the much-loved Paddington Bear.

Women in South Sudan experience high rates of domestic abuse, but girls routinely fall victim to an even worse fate.