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PHOTOS | ISIS in Mosul: Iraq’s children most at risk

In the ongoing Battle of Mosul, Iraqi special forces continue leading offensives against the Islamic State in western Mosul. Meanwhile the UNICEF representative in Iraq has raised concerns that the children in the area are bearing the brunt of intensified fighting between U.S.-backed government forces and IS in the city’s western half. (AP)

Updated on: Jun 06, 2017 4:03 PM IST

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In the ongoing Battle of Mosul, Iraqi special forces continue leading offensives against the Islamic State in western Mosul. Meanwhile the UNICEF representative in Iraq has raised concerns that the children in the area are bearing the brunt of intensified fighting between U.S.-backed government forces and IS in the city’s western half. (AP)

Updated on Jun 06, 2017 4:03 PM

In the ongoing Battle of Mosul, Iraqi special forces continue leading offensives against the Islamic State in western Mosul. Meanwhile the UNICEF representative in Iraq has raised concerns that the children in the area are bearing the brunt of intensified fighting between U.S.-backed government forces and IS in the city’s western half. (AP)

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Displaced Iraqi children play on a makeshift swing at al-Khazir camp for the internally displaced, located between Arbil and Mosul. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 06, 2017 4:03 PM

Displaced Iraqi children play on a makeshift swing at al-Khazir camp for the internally displaced, located between Arbil and Mosul. (AFP)

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A displaced Iraqi child is comforted by an older woman inside a tent at al-Khazir camp for the internally displaced. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 06, 2017 4:03 PM

A displaced Iraqi child is comforted by an older woman inside a tent at al-Khazir camp for the internally displaced. (AFP)

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Smoke billows during a strike in a neighbourhood of west Mosul, during an ongoing offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 06, 2017 4:03 PM

Smoke billows during a strike in a neighbourhood of west Mosul, during an ongoing offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. (AFP)

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Iraqi special forces soldiers fire toward Islamic State militants in the Najar neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq, May 21, 2017. The Islamic State’s grip on Mosul has shrunk to a tighter circle of neighborhoods in the western part of the city, but many civilians are still trapped in those areas. (NYT)

Updated on Jun 06, 2017 4:03 PM

Iraqi special forces soldiers fire toward Islamic State militants in the Najar neighbourhood of Mosul, Iraq, May 21, 2017. The Islamic State’s grip on Mosul has shrunk to a tighter circle of neighborhoods in the western part of the city, but many civilians are still trapped in those areas. (NYT)

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Civilians run across a junction that a sniper is targeting, in the Rifai neighbourhood of Mosul. (NYT)

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Civilians run across a junction that a sniper is targeting, in the Rifai neighbourhood of Mosul. (NYT)

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Iraqi special forces soldiers treat a girl who was injured when her house was hit by an airstrike in the Saha neighbourhood of Mosul. While battles between Iraqi government backed forces and Islamic State fighters wage on, the militants are giving no ground easily. (NYT)

Updated on Jun 06, 2017 4:03 PM

Iraqi special forces soldiers treat a girl who was injured when her house was hit by an airstrike in the Saha neighbourhood of Mosul. While battles between Iraqi government backed forces and Islamic State fighters wage on, the militants are giving no ground easily. (NYT)

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