Iraq Accuses ISIS of Stealing 1 Million Tons of Grain
TIME World Iraq Iraq Accuses ISIS of Stealing 1 Million Tons of Grain Grain supplies thought to be routed to militant-controlled cities in Syria
Iraqs agriculture minister on Tuesday accused the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) of pilfering more than 1.1 million tons of grain from the countrys northern region and delivering it to militant-controlled cities in Syria.
The supplies of wheat and barley were reportedly stolen from Iraqs northwestern Nineveh Province and routed to the Syrian cities of Raqqa and Deir al-Zor, Falah Hassan al-Zeidan said, Reuters reports. The allegation, which could not be independently verified, came months after a similar claim of more than 40,000 tons of wheat being stolen from Nineveh and Anbar provinces and relocated for milling in Syria.
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, many of them farmers, have been displaced since ISIS lightning offensive throughout the northwest in June.
[Reuters]
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Iraq Accuses ISIS of Stealing 1 Million Tons of Grain