Humanitarian Crisis near Mosul in Iraq. Photo taken in Qayyarah Jadah Camp near Qayyarah Jadah Camp on 03 January 2017. Jadah Camp is affected by cloud of dark smoke and soot from burning oil fields where ISIL set fire.The main worry, according to Oxfam, is that the smoke from the oil wells will cause bronchitis among a population that has scant access to medicine.Two months into the military operation to retake the city from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), The Mosul crisis continues to have a significant humanitarian impact. Humanitarian needs are severe among displaced families in and out of camps, vulnerable residents of newly- retaken communities, and people fleeing fighting in Mosul city.Current displacement has risen to 110,000 people. More than three quarters of displaced families are in camps and emergency sites, while the remainder are in host communities, sheltering in private settings or public buildings. More than 99,000 people have found shelter in camps and emergency sites to the east and south of Mosul. Shelter is currently available to accommodate a further 38,000 displaced people. Construction of new sites and plots sites is urgently underway to ensure adequate capacity is available for potential new displacements (Photo by Maciej Moskwa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
