VOA Kurdish Service's Kawa Omar visited the town on Gogjalil, at the outskirts to the east of Mosul. The town is host to many refugees from Mosul who fled their after the start of operations to retake the city on October 15.
VOA on the Scene: Gogjalil, Iraq
9
Downtown Gogjalil. (K. Omar for VOA)
10
People shopping at a downtown market. (K. Omar for VOA)