Donnerstag, 20.07.2017 / 12:46 Uhr

40.000 zivile Opfer in Mosul

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'More than 40,000 civilians were killed in the devastating battle to retake Mosul from Isis, according to intelligence reports revealed exclusively to The Independent – a death toll far higher than previous estimates.

Residents of the besieged city were killed by Iraqi ground forces attempting to force out militants, as well as by air strikes and Isis fighters, according to Kurdish intelligence services.

Hoshyar Zebari, until recently a senior minister in Baghdad, told The Independent that many bodies “are still buried under the rubble”. “The level of human suffering is immense,” he said.'

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Siehe auch: At Any Cost: The Civilian Catastrophe in West Mosul, Iraq