Category: Iraq
Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, has been reduced to rubble. It has been finally conquered, snatched back from the notorious group, Daesh, after months of merciless bombardment by the U.S.-led war coalition, and a massive ground war. But “victory” can hardly be the term assigned to this moment. Mosul, once Iraq’s cultural jewel and model of co-existence, is now a “city of corpses
The Iraqi Supreme Court has ordered that the referendum on independence planned for September 25 be halted
Why international powers fear independence vote could derail fight against Isis
Bese Hozat: ‘Freedom can’t be contained by a wall’Interview with Kurdish female leader Bese Hozat on the party’s view on the region
On 22 May, Ahmed Mohsen, an unemployed taxi driver, left his house in the Islamic State-controlled western part of Mosul to try to escape across the Tigris to the government-held eastern side of the city. He and his mother, along with ten other people, carried rubber tyres down to the river: most of them couldn’t Read more…
U.S. Airstrikes Have Devastated Mosul
Civillians in the city faced a Catch-22: told by US-led Coalition forces to get away from Isis positions before they were shelled; yet threatened with execution by Isis if they tried to escape
Why Isis fighters are being thrown off buildings in Mosul
‘Our City Is in Ruins’
Many bodies are still buried in the rubble with parts of Mosul inaccessible thanks to streets choked with debris