The US Agency for International Development (USAID) pledged to give Iraq’s displaced ethnic and religious minorities financial support of $6.8 million, the body said on Saturday. US Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement which was confirmed by the organisation’s administrator Mark Green. The aid is intended to address and mitigate the victims of genocide perpetrated by Daesh, in particular in 2014 when the extremist group swept across swathes of northern Iraq, carrying out atrocities against the Yazidi community. USAID also explained that the award will be administered through the Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the Solidarity Fund Poland. READ: ‘They gave you a Nobel prize for what?’ Trump asks ex-Daesh sex slave It is understood that the CRS will … Continue reading US to give Iraq minorities ‘ethnically cleansed by Daesh’ $6.8m in aid