100,000 people displaced by fighting as Isis regains ground from Iraqi army in Anbar province
It was supposed to be the month when the Iraqi government began a sweeping advance across Anbar province, driving Isis from territory captured last year that stretched from the Syrian border to the western outskirts of Baghdad.
Instead, thousands more Iraqis have been forced to flee from the western province of Anbar since the beginning of April after their homes were destroyed in brutal Isis attacks, evidence that the jihadist group is still able to take the offensive.
More than 100,000 new internal refugees, most of them Sunnis, have been created by fighting around the provincial capital, Ramadi, in recent weeks, as Isis has attempted to complete its takeover of the key city.
Now the jihadists have begun launching new attacks elsewhere in Anbar, and aid officials are warning that many more Iraqis are likely to be displaced by the Isis offensive in weeks ahead.