Nearly 100,000 Iraqis flee battle for west Mosul

Nearly 100,000 people have poured out of west Mosul in less than three weeks, the IOM said Wednesday, as Iraqi forces advance in their battle to retake the area from jihadists.Iraqi security forces launched a major push last month to recapture west Mosul, the most populated urban area still held by the Islamic State group with an estimated 750,000 residents when the battle began.Iraqi special forces units and police have made steady progress in the area, forcing IS out of a series of neighbourho