Dozens of civilians killed in Mosul air strikes - Iraqi officials

The New York Times 16:41 - 25 March 2017

Smoke billows following a car bomb explosion as Iraqi forces clash with Islamic State (IS) group fighters in Mosul, northern Iraq on March 5, 2017, during an offensive to retake the western parts of the city from the jihadists

Bashar al-Kiki, the head of the Nineveh provincial council, said that "dozens" of bodies were still buried under rubble in the city.

Air strikes carried out in recent days have killed dozens of civilians in west

Bashar al-Kiki, the head of the Nineveh provincial council, said that "dozens" of bodies were still buried under rubble in the city, while provincial governor Nawfal Hammadi said that more than 130 civilians had been killed.

It was not possible to independently confirm the tolls from the strikes in Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province and Iraq's second city.