Bagdad - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that more than 10,500 people have to date been recorded as internally displaced as a result of the Mosul military operation in Iraq, a UN spokesman told reporters on Wednesday.
Bagdad – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that more than 10,500 people have to date been recorded as internally displaced as a result of the Mosul military operation in Iraq, a UN spokesman told reporters on Wednesday.
“The majority of the displaced are sheltering in host communities,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a daily news briefing, adding that “others are sheltering at three displacement camps outside of Mosul.”
Humanitarian partners continue to provide assistance to displaced families and wherever access allows, he said.
Iraqi security forces recaptured more villages last Tuesday from the IS militants, as part of a major offensive which started on Oct. 17 in a bid to liberate the city of Mosul, the last major IS stronghold in Iraq.
Mosul, some 400 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, has been under IS control since June 2014.
