Humanitarian concerns grow in Mosul

Name: Humanitarian concerns grow in Mosul
Uploaded: 2016-10-23T19:51:35Z
Duration: P232S
Description: Iraqi government troops and Peshmerga fighters launched a new offensive on towns and villages around Mosul, the country’s second largest city that is also controlled by the Islamic State. The U.N. warns that the offensive could displace as many as a million people. Katharina Ritz with the International Red Cross in Baghdad joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype to discuss.

Clip: 10/23/2016 | 3m 52s

Iraqi government troops and Peshmerga fighters launched a new offensive on towns and villages around Mosul, the country’s second largest city that is also controlled by the Islamic State. The U.N. warns that the offensive could displace as many as a million people. Katharina Ritz with the International Red Cross in Baghdad joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype to discuss.

Aired: 10/23/16

Rating: NR

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