Iraq Foreign Aid Europe

The European Community gave $11.3 million in emergency aid Wednesday to help Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. The European Commission, the executive body of the EC, said in a statement that the money would provide food, water, health supplies, sanitation, shelter and electricity in the Sulaymaniyah region of Iraq, where there are about 350,000 displaced persons.

The European Community gave $11.3 million in emergency aid Wednesday to help Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq. The European Commission, the executive body of the EC, said in a statement that the money would provide food, water, health supplies, sanitation, shelter and electricity in the Sulaymaniyah region of Iraq, where there are about 350,000 displaced persons.