Down to the river for youths from Iraq’s embattled Mosul
With bare tree branches as diving boards, they take off and plunge into Iraq's Khazir River, a rare moment of respite for boys forced from their homes in the battleground city of Mosul. The river which flows into the mighty Tigris has been providing a welcome escape for dozens of youths displaced by fighting to […]Layal Abou Rahal writes for AFP:
With bare tree branches as diving boards, they take off and plunge into Iraq's Khazir River, a rare moment of respite for boys forced from their homes in the battleground city of Mosul.
The river which flows into the mighty Tigris has been providing a welcome escape for dozens of youths displaced by fighting to oust Islamic State (IS) group jihadists from Mosul, ever since the boys made a breach in the fence at their Wazir camp.
This year's Muslim dawn-to-dusk fasting month of Ramadan, which started in late May, comes at a time when the mercury can soar to 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in the Mosul area.
