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Added on the 08/12/2016 07:03:01 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Iraq: Alongside the Golden Division, an Iraqi elite unit fighting ISIS near Mosul
For more than three years, the US-led coalition has been using air strikes to help Iraqi troops retake territory from Islamic State group jihadists. But some are now tallying the human cost of the bombings. In West Mosul in northern Iraq, where Islamist militants used the population as human shields, the loss of life was especially high. FRANCE 24 investigated one air strike that killed an entire family.
Iraq: Army forces launche the battle for Tal Afar, IS Group''s remaining stronghold
This little toddler named Bilal Tagirov was just two years old when his father kidnapped him and forced him to travel to Syria in October 2015. Bilal's father Hassan Tagirov left the Chechen Republic in order to fight for the self-proclaimed Islamic State. His mother Zalikha Ashakhanova only found out that her son was located in Mosul by chance when she saw a video of him online on July 15, 2017. The toddler was found by Chechen security forces in Mosul and finally reunited with Zalikha in Grozny on Thursday, returning to her waiting arms.
Battle for Mosul: "Regular airstrikes, artillery and heavy gun fire in the old city" says FRANCE24''s correspondant Simona Foltyn.
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