Ulf Laessing

'Be strong'- Iraqis wounded in Mosul try trauma counselling to cope

Lying in a hospital bed, Iraqi student Ahmed Khalaf is close to despair after having lost a leg when rocket shrapnel hit him as he ran for his life from Daesh militants in Mosul. “Be strong, Ahmed, and have no fear,” psychotherapist Karam Saad advises the 20-year-old Khalaf as he...