Iraqis Face A Desperate Winter As Mosul Offensive Looms
The international community needs to provide double what it has pledged for the Mosul fallout, humanitarians warn.
As Washington and Baghdad continue to ramp up their preparations for the offensive on Mosul, humanitarian organizations are warning of a “dire” winter facing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who will be forced to flee the northern city held by the Islamic State militant group (ISIS).
U.S. and Iraqi officials announced on September 28 the addition of 600 American troops to assist local Iraqi forces the country’s second-largest city, in an operation expected to begin in October. Mosul remains ISIS’s largest
