‘Worst Is Yet to Come’ with 400,000 Trapped in West Mosul: U.N. | Sojourners
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‘Worst Is Yet to Come’ with 400,000 Trapped in West Mosul: U.N.

By Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters , Patrick Markey, Reuters
Displaced Iraqi people react at Hammam al-Alil camp, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
Mar 24, 2017
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The battle for Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, is now in its sixth month with Iraq forces backed by a U.S.-led coalition, air strikes and advisers now controlling the east side and more than half of the west.

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Displaced Iraqi people react at Hammam al-Alil camp, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily