(2 November, 2016) A contingency of the Italian Air Force is currently in Baghdad with a cargo of medicines donated by the Sant’Egidio Community to assist refugees in Falluja, Iraq. The initative was realised by the Italian Cooperation in collaboration with the Ministry of Defense and is part of a broader context of intervention that is scheduled to take place in the next few days with an additional humanitarian cargo via sea, in collaboration with the Humanitarin Deposit of the United Nations of Brindisi (UNHRD) containing 12 tonnes of relief goods from the Italian Cooperation (tents, blankets, water jugs, electric generators, toilet facilities, and first aid kits for traumatised patients needing surgical care) directed for Basra to be distributed to the refugees of Falluja. (Red)
