UN Temporarily Pausing Aid to Eastern Mosul Due to Security

The United Nations announced Wednesday it was temporarily pausing aid operations to neighborhoods in the eastern half of the Iraqi city of Mosul as attacks by Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group continue to inflict heavy civilian casualties there.


Lise Grande, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq, said UN agencies "made the decision that until security improves, it will be difficult for us to provide assistance." She spoke during a visit to a camp for Iraqis displaced from Mosul on Wednesday.

While Mosul's eastern half was declared "fully liberated" last month, and a semblance of normalcy returned to many areas with schools, shops and restaurants reopening, some neighborhoods continue to be hit by insurgent and counterattacks claimed by Daesh.

Daesh is still firmly in control of the western half of the city, across the Tigris River that roughly splits Iraq's second-largest city into two sections.
 (Tasnim)
15/2/17