Mosul: thousands flee the city as Iraqi forces try to secure west

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Iraqi forces are trying to secure all western districts of Mosul.

People continue to leave the area as fighting rages in residential neighbourhoods.

More than 200,000 people are still living under ISIL control in the city.

Al Jazeera’s Osama Bin Javaid reports from Erbil.

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