Kerry: US to give additional $62m in aid to Iraq

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Washington will provide nearly $62 million in additional humanitarian aid to Iraqi people who have been affected by the war against ISIS, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Qatar on Tuesday.

The new allocation brings the total US aid to more than $477 million since last year.

The funding aims to help millions of Iraqi who have fled war and violence in different regions of the country, including more than 3 million internally displaced people and 370,000 refugees who have had to flee their homes since January 2014.

The funding aims to provide"critically needed relief commodities, shelter, clean water, psycho-social services, medical services, livelihoods support, cash assistance, child protection, legal documentation, and other essential goods and services, according to a State Department statment.

The aid will be distributed through several international and non-governmental agencies,the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee, International Organization for migration, The United Nations Children's Fund and The United Nations Development Program in Iraq.