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Coalition gives 78 vehicles to Peshmerga forces

PostAuthor: Anthea » Sat Jul 24, 2021 2:47 am

US gives over $150 million to Iraq

The United States announced Friday it has dedicated an additional nearly $155 million in humanitarian funding for Iraq. The money will be largely earmarked for Iraqi refugees and displaced families

“The United States is pleased to announce nearly $155 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Iraq as well as Iraqi refugees in the region and generous communities hosting them,” read a statement from Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

“This funding will provide critical shelter, essential healthcare, emergency food assistance, protection services such as gender-based violence response, and water, sanitation, and hygiene services throughout Iraq,” the statement read.

Since 2014, the US has provided more than $3 billion in humanitarian aid for Iraq, added the statement.

When the Islamic State (ISIS) attacked Iraq in 2014, millions of people fled their homes, most sheltering in the Kurdistan Region and some going to neighboring countries like Syria.

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The Iraqi government has closed down most of the camps within federal territory. However, Kurdistan Region’s 36 camps remain operating.

According to the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Joint Crisis Coordination Center’s latest monthly report, the Region is home to 928,674 internally displaced persons and refugees. Of those, 655,505 come from Iraqi provinces.

Iraqis also make up the majority of Syria’s al-Hol camp where nearly 60,000 ISIS-affiliated people are held.

An Iraqi delegation, led by Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, is in Washington to hold a new round of strategic dialogue. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi will arrive in the US capital to meet President Joe Biden on Monday.

https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/230720215
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PostAuthor: Anthea » Mon Jul 26, 2021 3:19 pm

Coalition gives 78 vehicles to Peshmerga

Coalition forces on Monday gave a total of 78 vehicles to the Peshmerga forces, the coalition’s spokesperson confirmed to Rudaw English

“This morning, over 70 vehicles were divested to the logistical branch of the Ministry of Peshmerga. These vehicles will be used in our partner force effort to ensure the enduring defeat of Daesh,” said Col. Wayne Marotto, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State (ISIS).

A total of 50 Humvees, three water tankers, and 25 general transport trucks were handed over, an anonymous source from the Peshmerga ministry told Rudaw English.

It is one of several rounds of military aid given to Peshmerga forces by the coalition.

Last month, the coalition gave Peshmerga forces more than $1 million worth of weapons and equipment. Earlier in June, the coalition handed over $3 million of weapons and equipment to the Peshmerga forces, state media reported.

In January, the United States Department of Defense gave $12.5 million worth of military aid to Peshmerga forces at Erbil International Airport. Officials from the Peshmerga ministry later told Rudaw that the aid was to go directly to the ministry, and not to party-affiliated brigades.

The latest coalition supply aid to the Peshmerga comes at a time where the Kurdistan Region is undergoing an intensive reform process, among them the integration of party-affiliated brigades into the ministry of Peshmerga.

Earlier in June, Najat Ali, commander of Kurdistan Democratic Party’s (KDP) Unit 80, said they are preparing their brigades to join the Peshmerga Ministry. And in May, Mustafa Chawrash, commander of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan’s (PUK) Unit 70, said they were ready to coordinate and work as a team.

Peshmerga forces have consistently fought the Islamic State (ISIS) since it took swathes of Iraq and Syria in 2014, and are a key ally for the coalition.

At least 1,700 Peshmerga fighters were killed and around 10,000 injured in the fight against ISIS from 2014 onwards.

ISIS remnants continue to remain active across Iraq, particularly in areas disputed between Erbil and Baghdad.

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