Aid Group: Thousands Have Fled Mosul

Save The Children said Wednesday thousands of people have fled the Mosul area in order to escape an offensive by Iraqi and Kurdish forces to retake the city from Islamic State militants. The aid group said about 5,000 people have arrived at a refugee camp in Syria during the past 10 days and that it is at risk of being overwhelmed as more people come. "These families arrive with nothing but the clothes on their backs and find almost nothing to help them," said Tarik Kadir,...

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