ISIL group is forcibly gathering people in and around Mosul for possible use as human shields against advancing Iraqi forces, residents said Wednesday, confirming UN fears.
ISIL overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground, and Mosul is the last Iraqi city still held by the terrorists.
Iraq launched a massive operation to retake Mosul from the extremists a little more than two weeks ago, and its forces have reached the eastern outskirts of the city.
The United Nations has cited reports of ISIL kidnapping thousands of people for use as human shields, and also of the ‘jihadists’ executing nearly 300 people in the Mosul area since October 25.
[almanar.com.lb/AFP]
2/11/16
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ISIL overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014, but Iraqi forces have since regained significant ground, and Mosul is the last Iraqi city still held by the terrorists.
Iraq launched a massive operation to retake Mosul from the extremists a little more than two weeks ago, and its forces have reached the eastern outskirts of the city.
The United Nations has cited reports of ISIL kidnapping thousands of people for use as human shields, and also of the ‘jihadists’ executing nearly 300 people in the Mosul area since October 25.
[almanar.com.lb/AFP]
2/11/16
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