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Iraqis flee home as govt forces battle to retake Mosul from ISIS

Mosul was where ISIS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate' two years ago but is now the group's last major stronghold

By :  dr swati srivastava
Update: 2016-10-20 05:31 GMT
Dozens of men, women and children escaped from the village of Mdaraj south of Mosul, some on foot and others with vehicles, and now wait as police search their belongings. (Photos: AP)
Security forces check the IDs of displaced people when they reach their lines, and conduct an initial search to make sure they are not carrying bombs and are not ISIS members trying to hide. (Photo: AP)
Dozens of men, women and children escaped from the village of Mdaraj south of Mosul, some on foot and others with vehicles, and now wait as police search their belongings. (Photo: AP)
A man said they snuck out and ISIS was not present in the immediate area and that the smoke of burning oil wells nearby provided cover to escape. (Photo: AP)
Major General Gary Volesky, who heads the anti-ISIS coalition's land component, told reporters in a video briefing that the many foreigners among the 3,000 to 4,500 ISIS fighters would likely end up forming the core of the holdout jihadist force. (Photo: AP)
Jihadist leaders are fleeing Mosul, a top US general in the coalition battling the Islamic State group said today as Iraqi forces closed in on the northern city. (Photo: AP)
Mosul was where Islamic State group's supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate' two years ago but is now the group's last major stronghold in Iraq. (Photo: AP)
In the biggest Iraqi military operation in years, forces have retaken dozens of villages, mostly south and east of Mosul, and are planning multiple assaults for Thursday. (Photo: AP)
Mosul was where ISIS supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his caliphate' two years ago but is now the group's last major stronghold

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