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| Iraq crisis: Mosul air strike 'kills dozens' | Iraq crisis: Mosul air strike 'kills dozens' |
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| Dozens of people have been killed in an air strike in the rebel-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul, reports say. | Dozens of people have been killed in an air strike in the rebel-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul, reports say. |
| At least 30 died when a drone attacked a prison used by the Islamic State (IS) as a base, sources told the BBC. | At least 30 died when a drone attacked a prison used by the Islamic State (IS) as a base, sources told the BBC. |
| Iraqi state TV said 60 suspected militants had been killed, while al-Jazeera put the toll at about 70. | Iraqi state TV said 60 suspected militants had been killed, while al-Jazeera put the toll at about 70. |
| IS captured Mosul in June, at the start of an offensive that saw the jihadist group and allied Sunni rebels seize parts of northern and western Iraq. | IS captured Mosul in June, at the start of an offensive that saw the jihadist group and allied Sunni rebels seize parts of northern and western Iraq. |
| Kurdish Peshmerga forces were also reportedly shelling eastern parts of Mosul on Wednesday. | Kurdish Peshmerga forces were also reportedly shelling eastern parts of Mosul on Wednesday. |
| Earlier, a Peshmerga commander warned that 50,000 members of the Yazidi religious minority trapped in mountains to the west faced death if they were not rescued soon. | |
| The Yazidis fled to the mountains with little food or water after fighters from IS - previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) - overran the town of Sinjar at the weekend. | The Yazidis fled to the mountains with little food or water after fighters from IS - previously known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis) - overran the town of Sinjar at the weekend. |
| The Peshmerga commander, Jabbar Yawar, said many had already died, but did not give further details. | The Peshmerga commander, Jabbar Yawar, said many had already died, but did not give further details. |
| On Tuesday, the UN said it had received credible reports that 40 Yazidi children had died "as a direct consequence of violence, displacement and dehydration" since Sunday. | On Tuesday, the UN said it had received credible reports that 40 Yazidi children had died "as a direct consequence of violence, displacement and dehydration" since Sunday. |