{"id":4428,"date":"2017-07-09T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4428-un-official-daesh-traps-up-to-20-000-civilians-in-mosul-old-city\/"},"modified":"2017-07-09T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T06:00:33","slug":"un-official-daesh-traps-up-to-20-000-civilians-in-mosul-old-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4428-un-official-daesh-traps-up-to-20-000-civilians-in-mosul-old-city\/","title":{"rendered":"UN official: Daesh traps up to 20,000 civilians in Mosul Old City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A senior UN official has warned that up to 20,000 civilians have been trapped in the remaining areas controlled by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in Mosul\u2019s Old City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>A senior UN official has warned that up to 20,000 civilians have been trapped in the remaining areas controlled by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in Mosul\u2019s Old City.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u201cOur estimate at this stage is that in the final pockets of the Old City, there could be as many as 15,000 civilians, possibly even as high as 20,000,\u201d UN humanitarian coordinator in Iraq Lise Grande said on Thursday.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u201cThe people that are still trapped inside of these pockets are in terrible condition,\u201d facing shortages of food, she said.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u201cThey\u2019re in extreme danger from bombardment, from artillery crossfire. The [Daesh] fighters that are still there are still directly targeting civilians if they try and leave,\u201d she pointed out.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0Iraqi forces are engaged in heavy fighting with Daesh terrorists to recapture a small pocket of territory on the west bank of the River Tigris.\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0In the latest battles, the Iraqi federal police forces reportedly captured an underground Daesh training camp in western Mosul. 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