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Germany to Allocate $37mln for Mosul Refugees

© AFP 2023 / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEIraqi security keep watch as civilians arrive on July 27, 2016 at a camp for displaced people in the district of Hajaj after fleeing the towns of al-Shirqat and Qayyarah, south of the city of Mosul, during reported fighting between Iraqi security forces and jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) grou
Iraqi security keep watch as civilians arrive on July 27, 2016 at a camp for displaced people in the district of Hajaj after fleeing the towns of al-Shirqat and Qayyarah, south of the city of Mosul, during reported fighting between Iraqi security forces and jihadists from the Islamic State (IS) grou - Sputnik International
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Germany plans to allocate 34 million euros ($37 million) of immediate assistance to the residents of the Iraqi Mosul, who will have to leave the besieged region, Development Minister Gerd Mueller said Saturday in an interview with a local newspaper.

Peshmerga forces fire an anti-aircraft gun towards Islamic state militants positions in the town of Naweran near Mosul, Iraq, October 20, 2016. - Sputnik International
US Coalition's Victory in Mosul 'to Come at High Humanitarian Cost'
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The funds will be used for the technical support services in Iraq, distributing the humanitarian aid, Mueller told the Neuen Osnabrucker Zeitung.

Mueller added that the German side would also help with temporary accommodation for refugees and provide them with medical assistance.

According to the United Nations, the number of refugees from Mosul may reach one million.

On October 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of the military operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State militants.  According to local media, about 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and 4,000 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are taking part in the operation, backed by air strikes carried out by the US-led international coalition.

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