Hide Caption 1 of 8 Photos: Faces of Mosul: Civilians caught in the fighting An Iraqi Rapid Response officer takes a break inside western Mosul's Dawasa neighborhood. Hide Caption 2 of 8 Photos: Faces of Mosul: Civilians caught in the fighting Two Iraqi teenagers in western Mosul throw trash into a crater made by a coalition airstrike on ISIS positions. Hide Caption 4 of 8 Photos: Faces of Mosul: Civilians caught in the fighting Um Mohammed, one of the few civilians remaining in western Mosul as fighting rages, stands in front of her house holding her month-old son. Hide Caption 7 of 8 Photos: Faces of Mosul: Civilians caught in the fighting A boy climbs over a dirt mound near the Mosul airfield. White flags like the one next to him were carried by many families and civilians who fled western Mosul as fighting between Iraqi forces and ISIS raged.

Source: CNN March 11, 2017 00:00 UTC