Civilians face death, hunger in western Mosul

Civilians and particularly children in areas that are still under control of the Islamic State live in very difficult situations, facing death, hunger and illness.
A girl looks out from the arms of a displaced resident, who fled home due to the ongoing fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants near the Old City in western Mosul, Iraq June 13, 2017. Picture taken June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro - RTS170FW
A girl looks out from the arms of a displaced resident, who fled his home due to the ongoing fighting between the Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants near the Old City in western Mosul, Iraq, June 13, 2017. - REUTERS/Erik De Castro
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BAGHDAD — “I fled from the Zanjili district with the help of our neighbors, leaving behind my father and two of my siblings. I still do not know what happened to them. There has been news that they were killed in the mass murders as they were fleeing the government forces at dawn on Saturday, June 3, 2017.”

This was the account given by 5-year-old Doha (a psuedonym) to Al-Monitor. Doha was accompanied by one of the aid workers in the vicinity of Hammam al-Alil camp, where the federal police had sent her.

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