Iraq opens new Tigris bridge escape…

MOSUL Iraqi’s army has built a new pontoon bridge over the Tigris river south of Mosul, after flooding had blocked all crossing points, opening an escape route for families fleeing fighting between government forces and Islamic State.On Friday, the army dismantled makeshift bridges linking the two parts of Mosul due to heavy rain, forcing residents leaving Iraq’s second-largest city to use small boats.The city’s permanent bridges have been largely destroyed during a six-month military campaign to seize back Mosul from the Sunni Muslim Islamists, which overran it in 2014.Long queues formed at the new bridge on Tuesday with families crossing in public buses, trucks and taxis.Aid shipments also resumed to the Hammam al-Alil camp, southwest of Mosul, the main arrival…
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