Five Years After Liberation From the Islamic State, Mosul Is Still ...
Jul 9, 2022 · Five years ago this month, Mosul was declared liberated from the Islamic State after a horrific battle finally drove the group out of the city. The battle’s scars remain to this day.
Mosul, 5 years later: Rebuilding a city from rubble | On Point - WBUR
Dec 8, 2022 · In 2017, in order to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS, Iraqi, U.S. and coalition forces bombed, shelled and razed the city to the ground. Approximately 10,000 civilians died.
Iraq's Mosul springs back to life 10 years after it fell to ISIS
Jun 10, 2024 · Under ISIS, city was rife with abductions, executions, crime; Minorities were killed, music banned, ancient sites destroyed; Now residents say city is at its most peaceful in 20 years
The Iraq Report: Mosul's long road to recovery after IS - The New …
Jul 23, 2024 · On 21 July 2017, Iraq's second city Mosul was liberated from the Islamic State after three years of brutal rule. But has the traumatised city recovered? Mosul, located 465 km northwest of Baghdad on the west bank of the Tigris River, is the main city of …
Seven years after liberation, Mosul in Iraq is bustling but …
Mar 8, 2024 · Nearly seven years after Mosul’s liberation, following three years of occupation by Islamic State, also known as Isis, Iraq’s second-largest city is bustling.
Mosul City: Housing Reconstruction after the ISIS War
Jan 1, 2022 · Between 2014 and 2017, the city of Mosul witnessed one of the most savage and devastated attacks on humanity and identity within the urban fabric of the city. The war against ISIS regime turned the city into a battlefield, where the housing fabric of the city was a central element in the street war.
Mosul, an inside story: “The Dark Chapters Are behind Us
Aug 14, 2023 · His story starts right after 2003, when, still a child, a US-led invasion launched the Iraq War and set in motion wheels of power that would wreak utter fear and destruction over the city. Othman has seen the rise of extremism and the take-over of his city by jihadist fighters.
Mosul: A city still in ruins, two years after defeat of IS - BBC
Apr 2, 2019 · It has been almost two years since the jihadist group Islamic State was defeated in Iraq's second city of Mosul following a battle that left thousands of civilians dead. Large parts of the...
Reconstruction in Mosul: Challenges and Lessons in Rebuilding a City …
Aug 22, 2023 · The campaign to recapture Mosul from ISIS, led by Iraqi forces and supported by an international coalition, took nine long months – the gruelling urban battle to do so resulted in further destruction of the city on a massive scale.
Mosul: A slow road to recovery for the city of two springs
Jul 7, 2022 · In 2016, Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, experienced one of the deadliest urban battles since the Second World War. “Mother of two springs, that is what we call the city,” says Imad Abdullah, a patient at the MSF-run Al-Wahda hospital for orthopaedic surgeries in …