As fighting intensified on Tuesday after the previous day’s heavy rains, civilians streamed out of western neighbourhoods recaptured by the government, cold and hungry but relieved to be free of the militants’ grip.
Enquanto os combates se intensificavam na terça-feira após as fortes chuvas do dia anterior, civis saíam de bairros ocidentais recapturados pelo governo, frios e famintos, mas aliviados por estarem livres do domínio dos militantes.