UN Reports Steady Increase in Mosul Displaced

The United Nations has reported a steady increase in the number of Iraqis displaced by the military operation to retake control of the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. That fighting has been going on for more than a month with Iraqi security forces, Kurdish fighters and Shi'ite militias advancing from the city's outskirts towards the center.  Islamic State has held Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, for more than two years. The U.N.'s...

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