Dubai, United Arab Emirates : The United Nations' refugee agency is shipping tents, blankets and other aid from the United Arab Emirates to northern Iraq to help those affected by the military campaign to retake Mosul from the ISIS group.
The UNHCR shipment, leaving Dubai's International Humanitarian City on Thursday, is expected to reach those affected as soon as Friday.
Soliman Mohamed Daud, a senior UNHCR supply officer, told The Associated Press that 7,000 units of the relief aid will be sent to northern Iraq. The UAE shipment leaving Thursday includes some 1,500 kits.
Iraqi and Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. advisers and airstrikes, began the operation to retake Iraq's second-largest city earlier this month.
Aid groups fear that a mass exodus from Mosul could overwhelm camps set up around its outskirts
The UNHCR shipment, leaving Dubai's International Humanitarian City on Thursday, is expected to reach those affected as soon as Friday.
Soliman Mohamed Daud, a senior UNHCR supply officer, told The Associated Press that 7,000 units of the relief aid will be sent to northern Iraq. The UAE shipment leaving Thursday includes some 1,500 kits.
Aid groups fear that a mass exodus from Mosul could overwhelm camps set up around its outskirts
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
ISIS Is No Longer A Threat, Says Iraq PM Raid By US, Iraqi Forces Kill 15 ISIS Members In West Iraq Pakistan's ISI "Undeniably Complicit" With Terrorists: Ex US Security Advisor 8 Dead, 2,750 Hurt As Pagers Explode Across Lebanon, Hezbollah Blames Israel 'Pager Bombs' Target Hezbollah In Lebanon. What We Know So Far - 5 Points IndiGo Flight Tailstrike Leaves Huge Dent During Take-Off From Delhi Airport Windfall Tax On Crude Petroleum Cut To Zero 25 Children Killed After Bus Carrying Religious Pilgrim Crashes In Nigeria University Of Queensland, IIT Delhi Round 2 Admission Process Begins Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.