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Mosul

World

The Living and the Dead

In October, Iraqi forces set out to retake Mosul, one of Iraq’s largest cities and ISIS’s biggest stronghold in the country. It would take them nine months and cost thousands of lives.

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James Verini New York Times Magazine Jul 2017 45min Permalink

The ISIS Killers

The elite Iraqi “Golden Division” was trained by the US to hunt terrorists. But now they’re locked in a brutal street battle for control of Mosul.

Mike Giglio Buzzfeed Jun 2017 35min Permalink

‘They Will Have to Die Now’

With the Kurdish pesh merga on the road to Mosul.

James Verini New York Times Magazine Nov 2016 20min Permalink

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Surviving the Fall of ISIS

Life in Mosul.

James Verini National Geographic Oct 2016 45min Permalink