Hundreds of bodies in a mass grave. Gruesome discovery in Fallujah – Polish Radio

Iraq refugees from Fallujah who want to cross the Euphrates Photo: PAP / EPA / Nawras Aamer

the leader backed by Iran Shiite coalition People’s mobilization Forces, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis said that Fallujah is virtually encircled, except for the section of the quay of the Euphrates on the west side of the city. “We are at the gates of Fallujah,” – he stressed.

Also on Sunday, the Iraqi army said that under the cover of the US Air took control of the southern extremities of Fallujah, where the mainly agricultural suburb Najmija, and that it is ready to enter to the city.

the people of Fallujah fleeing Islamists

the offensive on Fallujah began on 23 May and aims to cut the town’s power iS the supply of ammunition and supplies from the north. A serious problem is the fate of trapped civilians in the city. At the beginning of the offensive in Fallujah remained approx. 50 thousand. civilians, including – as stated the Office of the High Commissioner of the United Nations. Refugees (UNHCR) – approx. 20 thousand. children.

According to the UNHCR since May 23 with the city escaped approx. 12 thousand. people, mostly residents of the suburbs. With advances in fighting the number of possible escape routes, however, he began to decline; one of them is still crossing the wide, 300 meters of riverbed of the Euphrates.

– People use anything that floats: empty refrigerator, wooden cabinets, barrels, after gasoline as makeshift boats. It is very dangerous and so many innocent people are drowning – told Reuters the head of the regional government Shakir al-Assawi.

A representative of the local police he notes that many civilians fail to even get to the river, because in a dangerous way through mired in fighting the city die from shelling, bullets sniper or explosives podłożonych by militants IS.

the Iraqi prime minister Hajder al-Abadi said a few days ago that the pace of the offensive on Fallujah was reduced in order to protect civilians.

Fallujah was the first city, which was under the control of iS in January 2014 before a large-scale offensive jihadists launched five months later. This enabled the extremists occupation of large areas of Iraq, including Mosul, the second city of Iraq, still under the control of IS.

PAP / agkm

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