Islamic State: Iraq and Kurdish Forces

islamic state: The operation had been expected for months and is seen as a pivotal moment in the fight to defeat ISIL.a In anticipation of the attack, the United Nations as well as a number of aid groups have been pre-positioning supplies for months to deal with an expected flood of civilians fleeing the fighting, according to The Waterloo Record. Mosul is home to an estimated 1.2 million people. Iraqi and Kurdish forces this week launched a massive assault on Iraq second-largest city to free it from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. But those efforts have been marred by a shortage of funding. Canada is the fifth-largest donor of humanitarian assistance to Iraq, after the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and European Commission. The UN asked the international community in July for $284 million in aid for the Mosul offensive, but less than half has been pledged. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.