Over 59,700 people were displaced in the Iraqi city of Mosul amid the operation to liberate it from the Daesh terrorist group, with the number increasing by over 5,400 in the past five days, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Friday.

"One month into Mosul military operations, which began on 17 October, over 59,700 Iraqis are displaced from Mosul and adjacent districts as of 18 November, according to IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Emergency Tracking.... The majority of displaced are from Mosul district (87 percent, over 51,800 individuals), and the districts of Al-Hamdaniya (8 percent, over 4,800 individuals), Tilkaif (4 percent, over 2,600 individuals) and Telefar (less than 1 percent, 60 individuals)," the organization said in a statement.

According to the IOM, over 3.1 million Iraqis have been displaced across the country since January 2014 through November 10, 2016.

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  Rohrabacher blamed the deterioration of Russian-American ties on the ignorance of US politicians, saying that he is "horrified" that his counterparts are refusing to speak to the Russian side on global security issues. "The children of our countries will pay for the stupidity of what is going on in our relations," the California Republican Congressman said, as he laughed about the US leadership which called Russia, the "greatest threat to the United States."
  
  Parts of the American political leadership, Rohrabacher said, still views Russia in through the lens of the Cold War paradigm. "Literally a large percentage of decision makers" are ignorant about the modern-day Russia, Rohrabacher explained, adding "they do not give you credit for the good things you are doing. When there are disagreements, it's been portrayed as: 'Russia is evil because you disagree with us.'"

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