100,000 children living in danger in Mosul, Unicef warns

The children of Mosul are bearing the brunt of the intensified fight between government forces and the Islamic State group in the Iraqi city's western half, the United Nations has warned.

100,000 children living in danger in Mosul, Unicef warns

The children of Mosul are bearing the brunt of the intensified fight between government forces and the Islamic State group in the Iraqi city's western half, the United Nations has warned.

Iraqi forces are in their last push to drive IS militants from the remaining pockets of territory they still hold in the Old City where narrow streets and a dense civilian population are complicating the fight.

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