In Mosul camps, traders profit as aid falls short
"I've already had business here and it's my first day selling at Hasan Sham camp," said an upbeat Safin Hamza, a phone salesman from the town of Kalak, about 10 miles (15 km) away. Dozens of mostly Iraqi Kurdish street sellers from towns close to the Hasan Sham and Khazir camps, which are hosting thousands of people displaced by the fighting to drive Islamic State out of Mosul, have started coming every day to sell food, water and household items to those living inside. "There is aid, but some t
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