More than 40,000 civilians were killed in the devastating battle to retake Mosul from ISIS, according to intelligence reports revealed exclusively to The Independent – a death toll far higher than previous estimates.
While the battle for control of Iraq’s second city has been declared over, the task of rebuilding the city and the lives of its inhabitants is just beginning. Um, Ahmed and 16 members…
The battle for Mosul was a huge military operation to recapture Iraq’s second-largest city from the so-called Islamic State (IS). Mosul fell to IS in June 2014, with IS leader Abu Bakr…
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