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(Reuters) ISIS reportedly holding several hundred as human shields in Fallujah, 3,700 flee

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Kendall Harmon

ISIS is reported to be holding several hundred families as “human shields” in the Iraqi city of Fallujah while government forces close in, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday, citing witness accounts.

Some 3,700 people have fled Fallujah, west of Baghdad, over the past week since the Iraqi army began its offensive on the city controlled by militant forces, it said.

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