The World from PRX

Mosul

A displaced Iraqi woman, who fled from clashes between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq
Conflict
ISIS has found a new, deadly use for human shields in Mosul
A woman walks along a damaged street in Aleppo, Syria February 2, 2017.
Conflict
Do civilian deaths in Mosul and Aleppo deserve the same scrutiny?
Nouhad was sold to an ISIS fighter when she was 16.
Conflict
This Yazidi woman escaped her ISIS captors in Mosul, but had to leave her infant son behind
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.
Media
This Iraqi radio station reaches people in Mosul who risk their lives to call in
A woman and her child, having fled Qayyarah, arrive at a front line position.
Conflict
Life under ISIS is ‘endlessly frightening and endlessly tedious’
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.
Conflict
Meet the man who spent 10 days with ISIS and lived to tell about it
An employee works at strengthening the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, in February 2016.
Conflict
Mosul Dam could be scarier than ISIS
Culture
Experts watch in horror as Islamic State fighters destroy ancient artifacts