救援組織：摩蘇爾100多萬人處境危急

On Wednesday, as poor weather bogged down forces advancing on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, an aid agency warned that civilians there are in great danger as the battle for the city intensifies.

"We are now bracing ourselves for the worst," said the Norwegian Refugee Council's Wolfgang Gressmann. "The lives of 1.2 million civilians are in grave danger, and the future of all of Iraq is now in the balance."

The group said thousands of civilians have already fled the city, and many have already been killed by snipers and explosives. Those still in the city are in need of food, water and medical supplies, and those shortages will intensify as the fighting makes it more difficult for supplies and other humanitarian aid to get through.

Iraqi special forces reached the outskirts of the city Tuesday, two weeks after the offensive to retake Iraq's second largest city began, and more than two years after Mosul was captured by the Islamic State group.

An Iraqi general said troops captured a television station Tuesday before a sandstorm blew in and ended combat operations for the day.

On Wednesday, troops were holding their positions on the city's eastern border as high humidity and clouds limited visibility for drones and other aircraft.

Iraqi Brig. General Haider Fadhil says no advances are planned for Wednesday due to the weather, the Associated Press reported.星期三，惡劣的天氣使向伊斯蘭國組織控制的摩蘇爾城推進的部隊放慢了速度。與此同時，一個救援機構警告說，隨着攻城戰鬥的加劇，那裏平民的處境將十分危急。

挪威難民事務委員會的沃爾夫岡·格雷斯曼說：“我們正在準備應對最糟糕的情況。”他說：“那裏有120萬平民處境十分危急，這涉及到整個伊拉克的未來。”

挪威難民事務委員會說，成千上萬平民逃離了這座城市，還有許多人被狙擊手射殺或被炸死。仍在摩蘇爾城裏的平民急需食品、水和醫療用品，上述必需品的短缺情況將日益嚴重，因爲戰鬥會使生活必需品等人道救援物資的運送更加困難。

伊拉克特種部隊星期二已經抵近摩蘇爾城市郊，收復伊拉克第二大城市的戰鬥在兩個星期前打響。這座城市被伊斯蘭國組織佔領已經兩年多。

一名伊拉克將軍說，伊拉克軍隊星期二佔領了一座電視臺，接着當地颳起沙塵暴，導致當天的戰鬥行動中斷。

星期三，伊軍控制着摩蘇爾東部地帶的陣地，當天空氣中的溼度非常大，雲層密集，限制了無人機等飛行器的能見度。

美聯社報道，伊拉克准將海德爾·法迪勒表示，由於天氣原因，星期三沒有進攻的計劃。