Families inside Iraq’s Mosul say they are living in fear and desperation as the military operation to retake the city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) pushes on. Speaking to Al Jazeera on the phone from inside Mosul, Abu Yazan, 36, who didn’t want his real name used fearing reprisals from the group, said fleeing the city was “not possible” at this stage. “Th