Fighting in Iraq's Anbar forces 500,000 to flee: UNHCR

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https://s2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/y7rYpwjgOzUJkcthn9PgDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/5f884a7d3820e41c2656369861bdc49efc549f6e.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/fighting-iraqs-anbar-forces-500-000-flee-unhcr-185028884.html)The number of people driven from their homes by months of fighting in western Iraq's Anbar province may have spiralled to nearly 480,000, the UN refugee agency warned on Friday. "As of today, the Iraqi government says 434,000 men, women and children have fled their homes since fighting escalated in January this year," said UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards. "UNHCR believes the current figure is **w close to 480,000," he told reporters in Geneva. A special UNHCR appeal to help the victims of the crisis was launched in March but has only gathered 12 percent of the $26.4 million (19 million euro) needed, he said.




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