Heartbreaking images of Mosul’s desperate children playing as battle rages on
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THESE heartbreaking images show the remarkable resilience of Mosul’s brave children forced to flee bloody battle in their city.
One youngster plays on a makeshift climbing frame at Hassan Sham camp in Iraq.
Another little girl was pictured trying to teach her younger brother outside their tent amid the brutal Iraqi winter.
Half a million children in Mosul face freezing conditions after fleeing the rule of ISIS in the Iraqi city as liberating forces slowly beat back the vile extremists.
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Families who have been lucky enough to escape the hell they once called their home city now face plummeting temperatures with only a tent for shelter this winter.
As little as £30 could feed a family for a week.
The Sun’s Oliver Harvey visited some of Mosul’s most needy at the Zelikan Camp.
He said: “The harsh weather is making life a misery for thousands of children sleeping under canvass
“Although sunny most days, the temperatures plummet to below freezing at night and cold winds whip across the bleak landscape.”
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