As military operations were launched on 19 February to retake western Mosul, an additional 16,500 people have been freshly displaced – 12,700 of them in the past two days alone. The battle for Mosul has now entered more densely populated areas, including the Al Kuwait, Ma’mun, Al Tayaran and Wadi Hajar neighbourhoods, as well as Abu Saif village.
Humanitarian agencies are working with the Government to prepare sites for new arrivals as they expect displacement figures to grow further.
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