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100,000 children in dangerous conditions in Mosul

The U.N. children's agency warns that the children in Mosul are bearing the brunt of the intensified fight between U.S.-backed government forces and ISIS in the city's western half. In a statement issued Monday, the UNICEF Representative in Iraq, Peter Hawkins, says the agency is receiving...

Iraqi forces retake key town of Baaj from Isis

( The Guardian )- Iraqi forces have retaken an area near the Syrian border from Islamic State as part of operations to expel the jihadis from strongholds in the country’s north. Al-Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) forces announced the “total liberation” of the Baaj district...