Iraqi people gather with his relatives after 3 years separation from his family members

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Members of an Iraqi family who were separated by war meet for the first time in two years in Bartella, east of Mosul yesterday, after they fled the city under heavy shelling and fighting. See more pictures below.

The number of civilians displaced since last month’s start of the Iraqi forces offensive against Mosul -- the Islamic State group’s last stronghold in Iraq -- rose to 68,000, but most of the city’s population remained trapped

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