Mosul

ISIS has found a new, deadly use for human shields in Mosul

April 3, 2017Conflict

The militant group seems to be arranging for residents in Mosul to be struck and killed by US-led coalition airstrikes in order to boost civilian death counts and create controversy around the coalition campaign.

A woman walks along a damaged street in Aleppo, Syria February 2, 2017.

Do civilian deaths in Mosul and Aleppo deserve the same scrutiny?

March 30, 2017Conflict

Nouhad was sold to an ISIS fighter when she was 16.

This Yazidi woman escaped her ISIS captors in Mosul, but had to leave her infant son behind

November 8, 2016Conflict

A group of Mosul exiles set up al-Ghad radio station to reach people in their city under ISIS control. The station manager says it's also helping people in the city communicate with one another.

This Iraqi radio station reaches people in Mosul who risk their lives to call in

November 1, 2016Media

A woman and her child, having fled Qayyarah, arrive at a front line position.

Life under ISIS is ‘endlessly frightening and endlessly tedious’

October 24, 2016Conflict

Few individuals have gotten close enough to the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Jurgen Todenhofer is one of them. He embedded with ISIS for 10 days in December of 2014.

Meet the man who spent 10 days with ISIS and lived to tell about it

April 8, 2016Conflict

“Sometimes we slept on the same floor — there was just a Kalashnikov between us.”

An employee works at strengthening the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, in February 2016.

Mosul Dam could be scarier than ISIS

April 5, 2016Conflict

Iraq’s largest dam was built in the 1980s under Saddam. Now US officials warn it’s in danger of failing.

Experts watch in horror as Islamic State fighters destroy ancient artifacts

February 27, 2015Culture

A video emerged this week that shows Islamic State fighters destroying artifacts in Mosul, Iraq, dating back thousands of years.