British Charity Makes Urgent Appeal to Help Refugees Fleeing Islamic State

A British-run charity has launched an emergency appeal to help the many hundreds of thousands of people forced from their homes by the Islamic State (IS) fighters in Iraq.

The AMAR International Charitable Foundation is one of the only organisations offering help to families as they flee the fighting that has engulfed much of the North of Iraq.

Please read a press release from the AMAR Foundation here, which gives details of how to donate.