Survivors of last major Islamic State battle in Iraq beg for food

Citizens gather around a car that distribute meat for the poor families in the old city of Mosul, Iraq August 22, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - On a scorching August afternoon, an angry crowd besieged a mini-truck loaded with meat of two slaughtered cows amidst the ruins of what was the last Islamic State (IS) bastion in Mosul.

In a desperate scramble, they grabbed beef from a man standing in the open back of the truck and, after it pulled away, some stayed on to descend on the next one to arrive.