After IS killed her sons, Iraqi grandmother fends for 22 children


  • World
  • Wednesday, 22 Aug 2018

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi grandmother Sana Ibrahim al-Taee has a full-time job feeding and clothing her 22 grandchildren after Islamic State killed their fathers - her sons - a struggle in a cramped flat with little help from the state.

Al-Taee and her husband, who has Alzheimer's, share their four-room apartment in eastern Mosul with the children, aged between two and 16, their daughter and two of their sons' widows. Rent, food, clothes and schooling depend on donations and charity handouts.

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