March 2nd, 2017

UN estimates nearly 30,000 civilians have fled their homes in Mosul in past week of fighting

The fight to rout IS from western Mosul, the last urban IS bastion in Iraq, is causing higher numbers of displaced people than previously seen in the four-month-long offensive for Iraq’s second-largest city, according to a statement from the United Nations on Wednesday.

Source: http://www.news.com.au/world/un-estimates-nearly-30000-civilians-have-fled-their-homes-in-mosul-in-past-week-of-fighting/news-story/1c87ab42a1a0ccfe49cf62280332d791

 

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