It has been a real hardship since I left Mosul seven months ago and fled to Turkey with my family. I stayed in Turkey for 15 days and then returned to Sulaimaniya as I could not cope with expensive life in Turkey. It was so hard to stay in Telafer after Isis militants took over of Mosul. If I had stayed in Mosul my family would have died, there was no work, no freedom, no life. I still have three brothers in Mosul with their families, they said that the battle is still at the suburbs of Mosul.

Source: The Guardian October 17, 2016 03:55 UTC