Iraq – West Mosul. Activities adapted as frontline moves (ENG)

The offensive launched by the Iraqi forces to retake west Mosul continues.
According to the authorities, 425,000 people have fled the area since February.

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Iraq – West Mosul. Activities adapted as frontline moves (INT)

Irak – A Mossoul-Ouest, s’adapter à un front changeant (FR)

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF195612

Date taken / Date Recorded 01/04/2017 12:00 AM

Country Iraq

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

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Additional Information / Shotlist IRAQ
The offensive launched by the Iraqi forces to retake west Mosul continues.
According to the authorities, 425,000 people have fled the area since February.

These scenes were filmed in March and April 2017.
These scenes were filmed in Mosul late March and early April while the Iraqi forces were carrying out airstrikes. The attacks caused numerous victims, many of them civilians.
MSF set up this advanced medical post to provide treatment to the wounded brought in from the frontline just a few kilometres away, before referring them to its hospitals to the south of the city.

ROGY MASRI, Emergency doctor, MSF
The idea there is that you stabilize the patient, make sure that they're safe for the forty minutes to one hour transfer, and then hopefully you do a good enough job that they can make it to the hospital and have a chance to survive so.”
During April, the fighting became less fierce and the team treated considerably fewer casualties: MSF shut down its last advanced medical post when the frontline moved. But that doesn’t mean hostilities have ceased.
The frontline has shifted, but its hospitals admitted yet more casualties in early May.
Meanwhile, with those who can still fleeing the city, the displaced persons camps south of Mosul are becoming bigger and bigger.