Thousands of civilians possibly trapped in Iraq's Hawija
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Hawija - A stretch of land along Syrian border, north of Baghdad, and Hawija still in the hands of Islamic State, since the Iraqi army collapsed years ago.
On September 22, Iraq started to take over the lands back from Islamic State, which held in Hawija while there are thousands of civilians still leave on the chaotic areas. United Nations remind the war to keep concerned about the lives and human being, even though the militants refused to let some civilians to leave.
Since the civilians have stuck in Hawija, due to the militants preventing towards the residents to leave, than 12,500 civilians succeeded fled the town. However, by the spokesman of United Nations, who become the witness in this war stated that there are still 78,000 of civilians possibly trapped in this situation. By next few days, the left civilians will be expected to escape from the areas as troops pushed into densely populated area and they safely leave Hawija.
Sources:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-hawija/u-n-says-78000-civilians-could-be-trapped-in-iraqs-hawija-idUSKCN1C81G8
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41501664
All sources accessed on October, 5th 2017

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