Iraqi families who fled the front-lines of the battle against Islamic State in trucks are finding shelter in the desert countryside outside Mosul.
In Photos: Khazir Camp Kurdistan, Northern Iraq
![Thousands of people arrived at the Khazir camp on the edge of the battle zones on Nov. 3, 2016, in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. (H.Shekha/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/17C2FB7B-AA68-40BC-94E5-9EB7A8183AAB_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Thousands of people arrived at the Khazir camp on the edge of the battle zones on Nov. 3, 2016, in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. (H.Shekha/VOA)
![For hours on Thursday crowds of people approached an empty camp, one several either set up or being set up in anticipation of a million newly displaced people from Mosul on Nov. 3, 2016, at the Khazir camp in Kurdish Iraq. (H.Shekha/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/72E71B3E-D849-410A-8EB5-D07DB4C8474B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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For hours on Thursday crowds of people approached an empty camp, one several either set up or being set up in anticipation of a million newly displaced people from Mosul on Nov. 3, 2016, at the Khazir camp in Kurdish Iraq. (H.Shekha/VOA)
![Families arrive at the Khazir camp in trucks, cars, tractors, army vehicles and even some construction vehicles on Nov. 3, 2016, in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. (H.Murdock/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/6FB7614B-6530-47A9-9696-E2C06B4AC8A9_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Families arrive at the Khazir camp in trucks, cars, tractors, army vehicles and even some construction vehicles on Nov. 3, 2016, in Kurdistan, northern Iraq. (H.Murdock/VOA)
![A mother weeps and hugs her son she hadn't seen in the two and a half years he has been trapped in on Nov. 3, 2016, at the Khazir camp in Kurdish Iraq. (H.Murdock/VOA)](https://gdb.voanews.com/8F42076E-D672-4CBA-B844-384A7A0FD809_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A mother weeps and hugs her son she hadn't seen in the two and a half years he has been trapped in on Nov. 3, 2016, at the Khazir camp in Kurdish Iraq. (H.Murdock/VOA)