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More than 5,600 people have been displaced in just the first three days of fighting after Iraqi forces launched their offensive on Mosul to oust the Islamic State from Iraq's second-largest city.
In the first few weeks of the campaign, which began Oct. 17, more than 200,000 people are expected to flee to camps and shelters in the north of Iraq. The daily battles lead to daily struggles to save lives in Iraqi Kurdistan, where thousands of internally displaced Iraqis live. Some have been there since the summer of 2014, when Mosul and its entire governorate, Ninevah, fell under IS control.
