UN Says 30,000 Have Returned to Iraq’s Mosul
Some 30,000 people have returned to Mosul since Iraqi forces launched a massive operation in October to retake the country's second largest city from the Islamic State group, the U.N. said Tuesday. The number of returnees has increased since Iraqi forces drove the militants from the eastern half of the city last month, according to […]Some 30,000 people have returned to Mosul since Iraqi forces launched a massive operation in October to retake the country's second largest city from the Islamic State group, the U.N. said Tuesday.
The number of returnees has increased since Iraqi forces drove the militants from the eastern half of the city last month, according to U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid. IS still holds western Mosul, home to an estimated 750,000 people.
At times, the crowds have overwhelmed checkpoints outside the city, where security forces are screening those who want to return.
