is mosul stronghold : hundreds slaughtered november 04, 2016 an iraqi soldier stands next to a detained man accused of being an islamic state fighter at a check point in qayyara, south of mosul, 




islamic state militants have killed hundreds of people, recruitment drive for child soldier. among the hundreds dead, 50 deserters and 180 former iraqi government employees, around their stronghold of mosul. transported 1,600 people from the town of hammam al-alil to tal afar, possibly for use as human shields against air strikes. they also took 150 families from hammam al-alil to mosul on wednesday, saying that they must hand over their children, especially boys above the age of nine, in an apparent recruitment drive for child soldiers. the u.n. also had reports of air strikes causing civilian deaths.
is mosul stronghold : hundreds slaughtered
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