Event: | OT Other |
Number: | 2014-000074 |
Country: | IRQ Iraq |
Location: | Mosul |
Date (YMD): | 2014-6-12 |
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Information Source: | Iraq Red Crescent Society and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (MENA zone) |
Comments: | Deterioration of the security situation in the regions of Ninewa, Salaheddin, and Diyala provinces. Fighting carried out by armed groups reached several major cities in the country such as Mosul, Samara, Baquba, and Ramadi. Mosul, the second city of Iraq, has fallen under the control of armed groups along with most of the province of Ninewa. Accurate figures of casualties are unavailable, but reports claim the figures stand in the hundreds. 500,000 people are estimated to have become IDPs and moved to locations like Arbil, Dohuk and Basheeqa. |
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