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Before Islamic States seized Mosul in 2014, the northern Iraqi city had thrived as a center of culture and trade for centuries. Now, large swathes of its western half lie in ruins. As Mosul begins ...
The Iraqi city of Mosul was captured by the "Islamic State" group in 2014. Much of its cultural heritage was destroyed during the occupation. Three year's after Mosul's liberation, the city is now ...
The 2016-’17 Battle of Mosul backgrounds an effective but generic true story about a rebel Iraqi SWAT team fighting to rid the city of ISIS.
More than a year has passed since the brutal battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS ended. But parts of the city, which was pummeled by both sides in the conflict, remain in shambles ...
Nick Mcdonell reflects on the widespread destruction in Mosul after it was liberated from ISIS in 2017, and how cash aid could help.
Mosul is springing back to life. — -- Mosul is springing back to life. Almost five months after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over ISIS in Iraq’s second-largest city ...
Iraq may have ousted Islamic States militants from the city of Mosul over the summer, but the major task of finding and destroying the mines, booby traps and bombs remains. A security firm hired ...
During Iraq’s campaign to recapture Mosul from Islamic State, a network of informers in the city passed on valuable intelligence.
Civil defense workers have recovered more than 1,400 bodies of civilians in west Mosul. Relatives are searching for the bodies of loved ones in a landscape so devastated they can barely recognize it.
The nine-month U.S.-backed offensive to expel Islamic State militants from Mosul was a relentless and savage fight. Now that it has been won, another daunting battle has begun: to bring Iraq’s ...
“Mosul is completely destroyed,” Emad al-Rashidi, an adviser to the governor of Nineveh province, of which Mosul is the regional capital, told me.
New military challenges loom for Iraq even as the battle against IS ends in Mosul, writes Michael Knights.