Nearly 1,00,000 people have poured out of west Mosul in less than three weeks as Iraqi forces fought to retake the area from jihadists, the International Organisation for Migration said on Wednesday.
Iraqi security forces launched a major push last month to recapture west Mosul, which is the most populated urban area still held by the Islamic State group, with an estimated 750,000 residents when the battle began.
Iraqi special forces units and police have made steady progress in the area, forcing IS out of a series of neighbourhoods and retaking important sites such as the airport, Mosul museum, train station and provincial Government headquarters.
But the battle for west Mosul — which is smaller but more densely populated than the eastern side which Iraqi forces recaptured earlier this year — has pushed a flood of people to flee their homes.
Between February 25 and March 15, more than 97,000 people have been displaced from west Mosul, the IOM said on its Twitter account.