Highlights.
A substantial displacement has been triggered by insecurity in Anbar Governorate.
ISIL preventing free flow of goods, including humanitarian aid.
IDPs can only access Haditha, Kerbala and Baghdad if they have a sponsor and are being blocked entry at checkpoints in Kirkuk.
Situation Overview
The speed of ISIL and their armed affiliates advance in Anbar Governorate has triggered significant displacement. Exact displacement numbers from Heet and its surrounding districts are difficult to gauge.
Monitors could confirm that some 5,724 families, or an estimated 34,344 individuals, have been displaced by the Heet fighting, but other sources indicate a much larger number. Before the recent events, the city was hosting approximately 11,000 IDP families (66,000 individuals). IDP movements from Heet and those able to escape clashes in Ramadi, are also being blocked by fighting in other areas, such as Falluja. More than half of the Heet IDPs were displaced for the first time and the remainder displaced multiple times. As violence subsided in Heet, some people have started returning.