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Iraqi Kurdistan preparing for more refugees

Wednesday, 10 August 2016 5:42 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 10 August 2016 5:42 AM ]

Iraqi displaced women and children, who fled the violence in the northern city of Mosul, walk at the Dibaga camp on July 16, 2016 in Makhmur, about 280 kilometres (175 miles) north of the capital Baghdad. (AFP)

Ali Musawi
Press TV, Erbil

As the Iraqi army gears up to liberate the northern city of Mosul from the Daesh terrorists, the country is facing a worsening refugee crisis with nearly two million people expected to flee the conflict in Nineveh province. Our correspondent Ali Musawi reports from the refugee camps in the Iraqi Kurdish region which are preparing for the huge influx of refugees.

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