Families say Coalition Airstrikes One Part of Barrage of Violence on Civilians in Mosul

“We tried to run the day before yesterday,” says 28-year-old Ammar Hazzim outside a refugee camp Sunday near Mosul. “But Islamic State militants executed 21 people that day for fleeing, including women.” “Today, we decided we had to go,” Hazzim adds. The past month in his neighborhood, New Mosul, he says has been a barrage of violence, including an airstrike that killed his brother and his three children 40 days ago. Hazzim’s family and several others also describe a round of...

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