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UN releases 2017 appeal for $985 million to address humanitarian needs in Iraq

USG provides $197 million in additional assistance for the humanitarian response in Iraq and surrounding areas, including for needs resulting from the Mosul offensive

ISF recaptures eastern Mosul from ISIS, launches military offensive to retake western areas of the city

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The U.S. Government (USG) provided an additional $197 million to address the needs of conflict-affected Iraqis, bringing total USG humanitarian assistance for the Iraq crisis to more than $1.3 billion since 2014. The new funding will support non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the UN, and other international organizations to provide critical, life-saving assistance to the more than 3.1 million people displaced inside Iraq, including those recently displaced from Ninewa Governorates city of Mosul and surrounding areas, as well as the approximately 251,000 Iraqi refugees in neighboring countries.

On March 28, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) released the 2017 Iraq Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP), requesting $985 million to reach approximately 6.2 million highly vulnerable people in Iraq with multi-sector humanitarian assistance. Overall, the HRP and complementary Humanitarian Needs Overview, released on March 7, identified 11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including up to 4.2 million people who could be displaced by the end of 2017. The HRP also reports that as many as 3 million people are expected to require humanitarian assistance in Ninewa, where conflict-related displacement has increased in recent months due to the Mosul offensive.

On January 24, Government of Iraq (GoI) Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared that Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) had regained control of eastern Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) after three months of fighting. On February 19, ISF launched an offensive to regain control of ISIS-held western Mosul. More than 207,000 civilians had fled western Mosul as of March 29, according to State/PRM partner the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Read more:
Iraq - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 - Reliefweb