Baghdad – In 2017 in Iraq the Italian contingent of the military will be second only to the US. This was decided by the Council of Ministers, setting to send up to 1,497 units, as part of the Coalition of the ‘willing’ to fight the Daesh. The military will also have ‘force protection’ tasks in the Mosul area, regarding in particular the dam, whose works will be performed by the Trevi company. The budget for 2017 is 300.7 million. In 2017 Italy will spend 1.13 billion altogether for missions abroad plus 295 million for cooperation. Deployed military men will be 7,459 and 167 units of the police force. News for Libya. As part ‘Hippocrates’, the field hospital of Misrata will continue to operate. In addition to health personnel, there will be units with ‘ force protection’ tasks. In all up to 300 people will be employed and the allocation is 43.6 million for 2017. To tackle illegal immigration and assisting the Libyan Coast Guard, the allocation amounts to further 3.6 million. (9colonne)
