Food poisoning at a camp for displaced residents of Mosul has made more than 700 people sick, with hundreds hospitalized, Iraqi officials said Tuesday. Saudi media accused a Qatari charity of supplying tainted food to the residents of the desert camp. In Saudi Arabia, which has been leading a recent campaign to isolate Qatar, state media quickly seized on the issue with coverage that implied Qatar was poisoning refugees deliberately. On Twitter, Saudi state television accused RAF of supplying tainted meals and posted images it said showed the camp's children "poisoned by the terrorist Qatari RAF organization." An Iraqi lawmaker who visited the camp overnight also accused the Qatari charity of providing the tainted food.

Source: ABC News June 13, 2017 09:48 UTC