Iraqis demand food from troops in newly cleared Mosul areas
MOSUL, Iraq — Hundreds of Iraqi civilians spilled into the streets Tuesday in eastern Mosul areas recently retaken from the Islamic State group to demand food from the military as rations run low in their neighborhoods, an Iraqi officer said.
About 700 residents gathered in three areas of the city’s Zahra and Qadisiya neighborhoods, the latter of which was the scene of a fierce IS counterattack a day earlier, said Maj. Salam al-Obeidi.