MSF (Doctors without Borders) said two members of a six-strong team working with medical staff at the city's Al-Kindi hospital were unaccounted for, having been reported missing on Wednesday night.The other four MSF workers were safe.

The team had been working in the Iraqi capital for several weeks, said the agency. MSF refused to divulge the nationalities of the two missing people.

The organisation won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize for its aid work around the world.

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