Civilians flee offensive on Mosul

Several hundred civilians make their way through Gogjali, Iraq, after the Iraqi army retook control of the district from Islamic State militants.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Nov. 2, 2016 5:03 PM PT

Civilians from the Iraqi city of Mosul streamed Wednesday into the village of Gogjali on the city’s eastern edge Wednesday.

A young girl waves a white flag as she and her family leave the Gogjali area of Mosul, Iraq.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Families flee the Gogjali area of Mosul with only what they can carry after the district was liberated from Islamic State.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Iraqis flee the Gogjali district of Mosul.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Iraqi forces patrol through Gogjali the day after it was liberated from Islamic State.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Islamic State posters that were hung in a mosque in Gogjali are burned the day after the area was liberated.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Iraqi troops patrol in Gogjali.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Iraqi special forces continue to clear homes the day after the Gogjali area of Mosul was liberated from Islamic State.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Signs of the presence of Islamic State fighters remain in the Mosul district of Gogjali in Iraq.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Iraqi special forces Lt. Col. Ali Hussein Fadil and his men continue to clear the district of Gogjali a day after liberating it from Islamic State.

(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)