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| ISIL militia groups had taken control of the Nineveh province for months. |
More than 150 thousand people have fled Mosul after the group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) seized control of the city from the hands of Iraqi security forces.
Based on the observation BBC Arabic, tens of thousands of people fled Mosul to the three cities in the Kurdistan region. There, local authorities have set up a tent village sementara.Perdana Nechirvan Barzani's Kurdistan Minister has asked the United Nations agency dealing with refugees (UNHCR) for immediate help.
In Mosul, local residents say the militiamen ISIL have hoisted their flag in the buildings. By using a megaphone, they informed the residents that the ISIL "came to liberate Mosul".
"The situation in the city is currently very chaotic and no one came to help us. We are afraid, "said Umm Karam, one a civil servant in Mosul.
Combustion
The fall of Mosul city is also marked by the burning of several police stations. As a result, hundreds of prisoners could escape.
"The army soldiers discard their weapons, replacing the uniform, abandoning the vehicle, and leaving the city," said Mahmud Nuri, a citizen who fled from Mosul told AFP news agency.
Iraqi military sources told the BBC that a fierce battle took place between the military and members of ISIL Rashad near Kirkuk City, southeast of Mosul.
There are also reports that members of ISIL has seized a number of areas in the two cities of Kirkuk and Salahuddin province near Mosul.
In a speech broadcast on various television stations, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after ISIL took over the city of Mosul in the north.
ISIL group has mastered the Nineveh province for months. In recent weeks they attack towns in western and northern Iraq.
After fighting for five days, they controlled the vital installations in the capital of Nineveh province, Mosul, which is home to about 1.8 million inhabitants.
BBC
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