Iraq: Internally displaced left stranded without water

Hundreds of internally displaced Iraqis, mainly from the Anbar province, are reportedly stranded without access to water at a makeshift camp in the city of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of Fallujah, Thursday. The Iraqi army is currently engaged in an operation to liberate Fallujah from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL).
The Iraqi military initially launched the operation to liberate the IS-held city of Fallujah on May 23, following an announcement by the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. Iraqi security forces repeated calls for civilians in Fallujah to flee on May 22, but locals said they were unable to escape. Up to 75,000 civilians were trapped inside the city, caught between IS militants and armed forces, including the Iraqi army and armed Shia groups.
Fallujah, about 40 miles (78 kilometres) west of Baghdad, was the first Iraqi city to be taken by the Islamic State in January 2014. Despite a score of territorial defeats, the IS still controls large patches of the Iraqi territory in the country's north and west, including its second largest city of Mosul.