350,000 civilians face 'siege-like conditions' in Mosul

(MENAFN) Some 350,000 children are trapped in siege-like conditions in Mosul, under threat of execution if they try to flee, according to a report released by Save the Children on Monday.

As Iraqi forces continued to make advances against the Islamic State group in their last Iraqi stronghold, human rights groups have expressed increasing concern about the risk to children and other civilians from artillery and explosive weaponry.

Save the Children's Iraq country director, Maurizio Crivallero, urged forces fighting in the city to take every precaution to avoid civilians deaths.

"To a child it doesn"t matter where the bombs come from - it"s where they land that matters," he said.

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