AGONY OF MOSUL’S KIDS

Terrified kids treated by doctors in embattled Mosul after being caught up in fight against ISIS – and you can help them

The Sun is supporting Amar Foundation doctors and aid workers on the frontline as they help save Iraq's young kids

PAIN etched on his face, a young Iraqi lad is treated by two doctors after he became the latest child caught up in the fight for Mosul.

Iraqi and Kurdish forces fighting to kick ISIS out of the city are carefully trying to avoid making civilians the casualties of war.

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A young lad is treated by doctors after being injured in the horrific fighting for the Iraqi city of MosulCredit: AP:Associated Press
Others suffer the agony of watching on as their family members are treated for terrible woundsCredit: AP:Associated Press
Thousands of young Iraqi children have been caught up in fighting as soldiers try to force ISIS out of the cityCredit: Reuters

But youngsters are inevitably the silent victims of a brutal fight for the city of 1.5million people.

Many thousands more innocents have been wounded, maimed or even killed amid the fighting.

One foundation is there on the frontline battling to save Iraq's vulnerable children - and you can support them through The Sun's Smiles at Christmas campaign.

helps to provide training for doctors treating innocents on the frontline.

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It also helps feed civilians starving as war rages around them.

A £30 donation is enough to feed an entire family for one week.

Many of those families are being torn apart each day.

You can help the children of Mosul by donating to The Sun's Smiles at Christmas campaign, which is working with the Amar FoundationCredit: AP:Associated Press
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The foundation helps to send Iraq's most desperate kids back to school, as well as providing medical training for doctors treating innocents caught up in the fightingCredit: Getty Images
You can help these young children by donating to our Smiles at Christmas appeal todayCredit: Getty Images

Heartbreaking images from the Rojava Hospital see young children watch on as medics battle to save their gravely-wounded parents.

The horrors of war are a sight no child should have to witness.

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But those in Mosul see its reality every day.

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One Amar Foundation worker said: "Many of the children have forgotten how to play."

Its brave work on the frontline has helped to provide nearly FIVE MILLION doctor's consultations since 2005 - many to the world's most desperate kids.

That's why The Sun is supporting the Amar Foundation's life-saving work as part of its Smiles at Christmas campaign.

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