Surge of refugees puts strain on Iraqi town - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

Surge of refugees puts strain on Iraqi town - Middle East - Al Jazeera English:

Almost half a million Iraqis have fled their homes in the province of Anbar after a military operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), a group linked to al-Qaeda.

Almost 200,000 have fled to a town north of Baghdad, where residents are already struggling to cope.

The Anbar refugees are clearly putting a strain on Samarra, which has a population of 300,000.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Samarra.