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Iraq: Attack in West Mosul Kills More Than 20 Civilians

HeadlineJun 02, 2017

In Iraq, the journalistic monitoring group Airwars reports more than 20 civilians were killed—most of them women and children—after airstrikes or artillery attacks struck their homes in western Mosul. Among those reportedly killed were resident Hussein Abbas and 11 members of a single family. Most sources blamed U.S.-backed Iraqi forces for the deaths.

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