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Mosul offensive

Fighting continues in Syria, where Kurdish troops from the People's Protection Units are facing down ISIS militants in Raqqa, Syria.
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Is Syria ‘the war of our time, a humanitarian test of our time?’
A view of part of western Mosul, Iraq, on May 29.
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Were high civilian casualties in Mosul unavoidable?
Iraqi Federal Police celebrate in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq on July 8, 2017.
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Iraq’s prime minister declares victory against ISIS in ‘liberated’ Mosul
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One American family’s mission to rescue civilians in Mosul
Car bomb in Baghdad
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ISIS bombs an ice cream shop in Baghdad
A woman walks along a damaged street in Aleppo, Syria February 2, 2017.
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Do civilian deaths in Mosul and Aleppo deserve the same scrutiny?
Lina Shahab is recovering in a hospital in Erbil, northern Iraq, after surviving an airstrike in Mosul.
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‘I saw everything burning’: Iraqi survivors of a suspected US coalition airstrike speak
Iraqi rapid response members fire a missile against ISIS militants in Mosul, Iraq, on March 11.
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US says ISIS fighters are ‘trapped’ as Iraq retakes a third of western Mosul
Iraqi soldiers inspect the remains of the Tomb of Prophet Yunus, destroyed by Islamic State militants, in Mosul, Iraq, January 28, 2017.
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What’s the battle to retake Mosul like? This documentary takes you there.
Riyad al-Jaboury, an Iraqi English teacher, with his birds in his yard in Hamam al-Alil, northern Iraq.
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ISIS forced this Iraqi teacher to change all his lessons — ‘it became all about death’
Zikra Younis, right, and her daughter Huda at the Khazer camp for displaced people. The camp is east of the Iraqi city of Mosul, where they escaped from last November.
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This Iraqi woman escaped ISIS and a bad marriage, all for the love of her children
Iraqi special forces intelligence agents check men's IDs in the search for Islamic State fighters in Mosul, Iraq on Nov. 27.
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What happens to ISIS fighters when they are captured
Iraqi firefighter at oil well fire in Qayyarah
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ISIS was booted from this Iraqi town months ago, but its toxic oil fires won’t die
A group of kids play in the Mosul
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Civilians fleeing Mosul face a deadly journey to freedom
Iraqi men at a barber shop in the Intisar district of Mosul
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ISIS jailed and beat up this Iraqi barber for giving the wrong haircut
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.
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This Iraqi radio station reaches people in Mosul who risk their lives to call in