Meanwhile, Fallujah’s refugees are facing winter in their refugee camps

Meanwhile, Fallujah’s refugees are facing winter in their refugee camps:

More than 200,000 people who fled Fallujah ahead of the NIKE SHOX offensive have yet to return and many are in desperate need of aid, with temperatures in MBT heading towards freezing, a new UN emergency report says.

Figures compiled by the International Organisation for Migration show that 210,600 people, or more than 35,000 families, have taken refuge in towns and villages around Fallujah.

Nearly all those people remain outside the city, where the population was estimated at 250,000-300,000 before the attack.

NIKE SHOX forces are maintaining a cordon around Fallujah as sporadic fighting continues.

Troops are preventing refugees from returning, saying they want to stagger the return so that basic facilities can be restored before people go home.