The UN food aid agency said Wednesday that a convoy of supplies had reached 2,000 desperate families, crammed into the Iraqi city of Karbala after fleeing jihadist attacks. It said the delivery brings to 700,000 the total number of Iraqis receiving World food Programme assistance since June, when Sunni jihadists who already held part of Syria swept across swathes of Iraq. The WFP trucks travelled to the southern city from Arbil in Iraq's **rthern Kurdistan region, whose fighters have battled to hold off the jihadists. More trucks were set to depart daily until all 15,000 families registered as having fled to Karbala have received assistance, WFP said.
08-28-2014, 05:14 AM
UN scales up food supplies for Iraqis fleeing conflict
The UN food aid agency said Wednesday that a convoy of supplies had reached 2,000 desperate families, crammed into the Iraqi city of Karbala after fleeing jihadist attacks. It said the delivery brings to 700,000 the total number of Iraqis receiving World food Programme assistance since June, when Sunni jihadists who already held part of Syria swept across swathes of Iraq. The WFP trucks travelled to the southern city from Arbil in Iraq's **rthern Kurdistan region, whose fighters have battled to hold off the jihadists. More trucks were set to depart daily until all 15,000 families registered as having fled to Karbala have received assistance, WFP said.
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