(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Roughly 180,000 people have been displaced by fighting in and around Hit in western Anbar province since the city fell to Daash militants earlier this month, the United Nations said Monday.
As a result of the fighting and air strikes, carried out by the Iraqi government and U.S.-led military coalition, up to 30,000 families or 180,000 individuals have fled Hit, , the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OHCA) said in a statement.
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