MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Up to a dozen children a day are being treated by medics for serious injuries in the Iraqi city of Mosul, a prominent children's charity organization revealed on Friday.
“Civilians are coming to us with major trauma injuries, some with exhaustion, some caught in crossfire… I’m seeing maybe six to a dozen children a day — more like a dozen now — coming with gunshots, burns, scrapes, shrapnel wounds,” a medic working near Mosul told Save the Children.
According to medics, civilians are being injured by crossfire, mortars, makeshift landmines and car bombs.
“All sides to this conflict must ensure children are protected from the dangers of warfare and are never caught in the crossfire,” Save the Children Iraq Deputy Country Director Aram Shakaram said.
The Daesh terrorist group, outlawed in Russia and many other states, took control of Mosul in 2014. The Iraqi prime minister announced a campaign on October 17 to reclaim the key Daesh stronghold, with joint forces of Iraqi army, Kurdish militias, Sunni Arab tribesmen and US-led coalition support.
