Thousands of people in the Iraqi city of Mosul have begun to flee as the battle to liberate it from so-called Islamic State continues. Aid agencies say many of them have crossed into Syria, itself a country gripped by war. Three days into the operation, both IS and Coalition forces are releasing footage of the fighting, in attempts to show they are having the upper hand.
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