United Nations says Mosul's poor struggling to get food
"Key informants are telling us that poor families are struggling to put sufficient food on their tables," U.N Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq, Lise Grande, told Reuters. "This is very worrying."
Iraqi civilians flee as paramilitary groups close in on flashpoint town west of Mosul
Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians have fled Tal Afar as Shi`ite paramilitary groups close in the Islamic State-held town on the road between Mosul and Raqqa, the main cities of the militant group`s self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
Nov 23, 2016, 20:29 PM IST