Dozens of displaced flee Mosul to government-held ground

Record ID: 77899

  • Title: Dozens of displaced flee Mosul to government-held ground
  • Date: 22nd November 2016
  • Summary: KOKJALI, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF VEHICLES DRIVING IN MILITARY BASE CROWD OF DISPLACED PEOPLE GATHERING DISPLACED PEOPLE WALKING IN GROUP TOWN WHERE DISPLACED PEOPLE HAVE GATHERED FAMILIES CARRYING BELONGINGS, WHITE FLAG EMERGING FROM GROUP PERSON CYCLING ALONG ROAD, CLOUD OF SMOKE RISING IN BACKGROUND CLOUD OF SMOKE FAMILIES WALKING (AUDIO OF EXPLOSION) FAMILIES CARRYING BELONGINGS WALKING IN LINE FAMILIES IN LINE, CHILDREN RUNNING, WOMAN BEING PUSHED IN WHEELCHAIR FAMILIES CARRYING BELONGINGS WALKING IN LINE CHILDREN CARRYING BELONGINGS WALKING AMONG ADULTS FAMILIES WALKING, CHILDREN RUNNING BEHIND THEM FAMILIES WALKING NEAR ARMOURED VEHICLES WITH IRAQI FLAG WOMAN IN WHEELCHAIR BEING PUSHED NEAR ARMOURED VEHICLES WITH IRAQI FLAG, CHILDREN CARRYING BELONGINGS FOLLOWING
  • Embargoed: 7th December 2016 09:58
  • Keywords: Iraq Mosul Kokjali displaced Islamic State
  • Location: KOKJALI, IRAQ
  • City: KOKJALI, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA00159J0R47
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A large group of displaced families filed towards the settlement of Kokjali on the outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday (November 22) after fleeing the city, largely still held by Islamic State.
    The families, including dozens of children, carried their belongings and waved white flags as they walked towards the district, under the control of Iraqi government forces.
    The campaign to capture Mosul started on Oct. 17, with air and ground support from a U.S.-led coalition.
    The militants are dug in among more than a million civilians as a defence tactic to hamper the strikes.
    Nearly 69,000 people have been displaced because of the fighting, moving from villages and towns around the city to government-held areas, according to U.N. estimates.
    The figure does not include the thousands of people rounded up in villages around Mosul and forced to accompany Islamic State fighters to cover their retreat towards the city as human shields.
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