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U.N. Races To Prepare Aid For Hundreds Of Thousands Still Trapped In Western Mosul

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The United Nations said on Tuesday it is "racing against the clock" to prepare emergency aid for hundreds of thousands of endangered civilians in Mosul with an Iraqi army offensive looming to oust Islamic State from the western half of the city. Iraqi officials said on Monday government forces had taken complete control of eastern Mosul, 100 days after the start of their U.S.-backed campaign to retake Iraq's second largest city from IS insurgents who seized it in 2014. U.N.

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