Victims of US-led raids in Mosul still waiting for compensation
Jul 16,2021 - Last updated at Jul 16,2021
Abdullah Khalil lost his leg when a building in Mosul s Old City collapsed on top of him after being hit by a US-led coalition air strike in 2017 (AFP photo)
By Sarah Benhaida and Mohammed Salim
Agence France-Presse
MOSUL, Iraq It was March 17, 2017. Troops from the US-led coalition fighting terrorists in Iraq were advancing on Mosul s Old City, squeezing out the Daesh group.
But just months before the recapture of the city, where Daesh had declared its caliphate in 2014, a new human toll was added to the growing tragedy when it was revealed more than 100 civilians had been killed in a single coalition air strike. The coalition has now admitted more than 1,000 civilian lives were lost in the seven-year operation against the militant group in Iraq and Syria.