In Iraq, hundreds of families are fleeing the fighting in eastern Mosul amid the U.S.-backed Iraqi army’s offensive to retake the city from ISIS. Amnesty International is accusing some of the militias fighting against ISIS of revenge attacks against local villagers. The group says some militia members have engaged in torture: tying suspected ISIS sympathizers to cars and driving them through villages, beating people’s faces with cables and holding them in inside poultry cages in public.
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