Shell-shocked Mosul survivors tell of intense airstrikes
by Martin Chulov in Hamam al-Alil, near Mosul from World news | The Guardian on (#2H50F)
Hundreds of people have fled west Mosul during a lull in fighting but many had to leave behind family members buried in the remains of their former homes
Covered in dust, their hands raw from digging, Ali Assad and his cousin made a desperate choice - to leave their family under the rubble of their west Mosul home and flee while they still could.
The two men were among hundreds to be evacuated on Sunday, during a lull in the fighting prompted by outrage over the high civilian toll caused by multiple airstrikes that have battered the city and its trapped population over the past eight days.