Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq     

    ANKARA, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Red Crescent sent seven trucks loaded with 85 tons of humanitarian aid to Iraq on Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

    "We will distribute the aid in Mosul and Tal Afar," Omer Tasli, director general of Turkish Red Crescent, was quoted as saying, adding that they also sent one communication vehicle and three personnel to the war-torn country.

    Tasli continued that the organization would also send 23 tons of medicine and medical equipment, as well as 40 tons of serums to the region.

    Iraqi civilian have suffered a lot for almost 30 years and Turkish Red Crescent has dispatched over 60 million U.S. dollars worth of aid to the country since the Gulf War, added Tasli.