Nearly 25,000 fled IS attack on Ramadi in Iraq -UN

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(Adds details and quote from statement) GENEVA, May 18 (Reuters) - Close to 25,000 people fled the Iraqi city of Ramadi after it was attacked by Islamic State militants and most of them headed towards Baghdad, the United Nations said on Monday. U.N. and other aid agencies have begun distributing food, water and medical supplies as well as setting up temporary camps and latrines, the U.N. ****** for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Iraq said. Ramadi fell to the militants at the weekend and those fleeing were thought to be escaping from Islamic State for a second time, having been among 130,000 who fled from the western Iraqi city in April.

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