Hundreds Of Thousands Flee The Iraqi City Of Mosul After It Falls To ISIS Jihadists

500,000 Iraqi Civilians Flee Mosul Fighting, Migration Group Says -- CNN

(CNN) -- More than 500,000 citizens fled in fear as extremist militants overran Iraq's second largest city, Mosul, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.

The group, whose teams have been monitoring the plight of those caught in the midst of the onslaught, said the violence had resulted in "a high number of casualties among civilians."

The northern city's four main hospitals are inaccessible because of fighting and some mosques have been converted to act as clinics, the IOM said.

Those fleeing the fighting, in vehicles or on foot, some carrying only what they can in plastic bags, are heading to the city's east or seeking sanctuary elsewhere in Nineveh province or in Iraq's Kurdish region.

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