John Reilly writes:

I’m RTÉ Radio One staff. I’ve been in Iraq for the past couple of weeks and shot the short video at the first large food and water aid delivery into central and western Mosul since “Liberation” from Isis earlier this month.

As you will see the security situation remains extremely volatile especially as gathering crowds queuing for aid become soft targets for suicide bombers. Thus, larger NGOs are staying away, and people are dying from food shortages and drinking contaminated and poisoned water.

The video was shot in western Mosul last Friday, July 21, and the aid was delivered by local Iraqi groups Bridge, Iraqi builders and independents Dylan Longman and John Reilly.