Mosul war victim struggles to make ends meet through pandemic

Mohammed Sattar, an Iraqi man who says that he lost his both legs during the battle to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants, combs his hair at home in Mosul, Iraq, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - When the Iraqi city of Mosul went into lockdown in March, Mohammed Sattar, who lost both his legs when his house was shelled in 2017, found himself unable to see the old friends whose support he and his family relied on.

Lockdown was eased two weeks ago, but the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic has left Sattar's friends unable to help him to the same degree.