Iraqis who fled ISIS describe the brutality and oppression they suffered under the extremist group’s rule.

One hundred celebrities including Victoria Beckham, Lily Allen and Daniel Radcliffe have donated a pair of their jeans to the unique 'Jeans For Refugees’ project. These jeans have been hand-painted by the artist Johny Dar and will be auctioned online with net proceeds raised being donated to the International Rescue Committee.

Shattered by the death of her parents and younger sister, 16-year-old Hiba somehow found the strength to lead her brothers to safety in Jordan. She shares her recollections of the journey and her drawings of life in Syria.

When Muhammed Ali was just five days old his family fled fighting in Aleppo, Syria. Their lives are now on hold.

"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.