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From the Liveblog of Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Up to 600,000 children trapped in Mosul — NGO

1 November 2016, 7:07 pm

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Up to 600,000 children are among the civilians trapped in jihadist-held Mosul, Save The Children say, calling for safe corridors as Iraqi forces advanced on the city.

“It is a critical moment to protect children and open safe routes to allow the 1.5 million civilians, including about 600,000 children, still trapped in the city to leave safely,” says the charity.

An Iraqi refugee child who fled Mosul, the last major Iraqi city under the control of the Islamic State, due to the Iraqi government forces offensive to retake the city, washes dishes at the UN-run al-Hol refugee camp in Syria's Hasakeh province, on October 31, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN) — An Iraqi refugee child who fled Mosul, the last major Iraqi city under the control of the Islamic State, due to the Iraqi government forces offensive to retake the city, washes dishes at the UN-run al-Hol refugee camp in Syria’s Hasakeh province, on October 31, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN)

Iraqi forces reached the edges of Mosul on Tuesday, two weeks into a massive operation to retake the city they lost to the Islamic State jihadist group in June 2014.

— AFP

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