Battle for Mosul update: 1,500 displaced Iraqis fled from ISIS held area

Battle for Mosul update: 1,500 displaced Iraqis fled from ISIS held area.

Over the last two days some 1500 men, women and children have fled the Islamic State-controlled areas to the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil. It hasn't proven easy for them to reach the Peshmerga front lines.



The Kurdistan Region has been hosting 1.7 million IDPs. Iraqi officials expect more people from Mosul and its outskirts will flee ISIS in the near future. Especially when the long anticipated offensive to force ISIS from that city transpires.

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