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Iraq: Dozens Killed Trying to Flee ISIS-Held Areas of Mosul

HeadlineJun 05, 2017

In Iraq, Reuters reports dozens of civilians, including women and children, were killed over the weekend trying to escape an ISIS-held area of Mosul amid the ongoing U.S. offensive to retake control of the city. An aid worker says some of the civilians were shot by ISIS militants while they were trying to flee the Zanjili neighborhood. Airwars says 20 civilians were reportedly killed on Thursday in that same neighborhood by shelling and airstrikes likely launched by the U.S.-backed Iraqi military. Among those reportedly killed by the shelling was a young civilian named Hussein Abbas, who was killed along with some of his siblings.

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