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Two young boys, who had fled Mosul in war-torn Iraq and were suffering from extreme malnutrition, are now receiving treatment in hospital after UNICEF intervention.

5 live discovered the boys, aged just two and nine, at the Hassan Sham refugee camp outside the city. Their mother claimed they had not eaten for a month.

They are now in a hospital in the city of Erbil and their doctor told 5 live Drive the boys were 鈥渟kin and bone.鈥�

鈥淣o muscle and no protein is left. We will start by giving them milk, then slowly we can give them minerals and vitamins.鈥�

This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on 30 November 2016.