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Al Jazeera: 10,000 Iraqis flee homes as battle for Mosul rages

Published Oct. 27, 2016 at 6:53 pm

An Iraqi man waving a white flag sits with his family in a vehicle driving near Sin al-Dhuban village, some 40 kilomtres south of Mosul, after they fled the Hammam al-Alil area on October 27, 2016, as government forces take part in an operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists.

Photo by AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

More than 10,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since the start of an offensive to retake Mosul from ISIL this month, according to the UN.

That figure is just a fraction of the displacement that aid groups expect to see when Iraqi forces reach the city limits and some of the million-plus people thought to be inside attempt to flee.