Basic infrastructure repair in Mosul will cost over $1 billion: U.N.
Mosul's basic infrastructure will cost more than $1 billion to repair after the U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive to retake the city from Islamic State, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday. Iraqi commanders have predicted final victory in Mosul this week after a grinding eight-month assault on the once two-million-strong city which has pushed Islamic State […]Stephen Kalin writes for Reuters:
Mosul's basic infrastructure will cost more than $1 billion to repair after the U.S.-backed Iraqi offensive to retake the city from Islamic State, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.
Iraqi commanders have predicted final victory in Mosul this week after a grinding eight-month assault on the once two-million-strong city which has pushed Islamic State into an area no more than 300 meters (yards) by 500 meters beside the Tigris.
Advances remain hard-won and the assault has destroyed at least six districts out of 44 in western Mosul.
