The Iraqi army has been accused of taking tents from refugees fleeing a conflict zone and giving them to its own troops. The army had pledged to help the hundreds of thousands expected to be made homeless by its operation to liberate Mosul from ISIL. “They were coming from Baghdad, they said they were the rapid response unit,” said one officer, who asked not to be named. “Some of the families were thrown out of their tents while they were still in them,” said one refugee at the camp. The Iraqi government had pledged to do all it could to limit the fallout from its Mosul offensive.

Source: National Post October 22, 2016 19:30 UTC