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Mosul's basic infrastructure will cost more than $1 billion to repair, Reuters reported quoting Lise Grande, the United Nations' Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq.

According to her, the extent of damage was far greater than expected and much worse in the western half of the city than in the east, which was retaken from Islamic State six months ago. 

"In western Mosul what we're seeing is the worst damage of the entire conflict. In those neighborhoods where the fighting has been the fiercest, we're looking at levels of damage incomparable to anything else that has happened in Iraq so far,” Grande noted.

She noted that stabilization in eastern Mosul could be done in two months but it would take more than a year in the west and long-term reconstruction would cost “many billions of dollars.”

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