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Why the human toll of the battle for Mosul may never be known
More than a year has passed since the brutal battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from ISIS ended. But parts of the city, which was pummeled by both sides in the conflict, remain in shambles, marked by booby…
Syrian group uncovering Islamic State mass graves needs help, watchdog says
Activists working to uncover mass graves in northeastern Syria — a region until recently controlled by the Islamic State group — need help to preserve evidence and identify human remains, an international watchdog said Tuesday.
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Detailed records show how ISIS controlled land and people
A recently discovered trove of thousands of documents offers new insight into the horrors of life under the Islamic State militant group. Driven out of Mosul in late 2016 after months of fighting, ISIS left behind evidence of how the…
Photos: In a milestone for Iraq, more are returning home than leaving
Iraqis are returning home in greater numbers than those displaced by conflict for the first time in four years, the International Organization for Migration said Friday.
ISIS was driven out of Iraq's second largest city in July, but at a devastating cost, with great swaths of Mosul in ruins. A new report from the Associated Press puts the death toll between 9,000 and 11,000, a third…
Mosul may be liberated from ISIS, but the group’s brutal rule is still felt by the city’s youngest citizens. Thousands of children came of age under ISIS control, and many were recruited to fight, kill and die for the Islamic…
Iraq may have ousted Islamic States militants from the city of Mosul over the summer, but the major task of finding and destroying the mines, booby traps and bombs remains. A security firm hired by the U.S. and Iraqi workers…
More than 1 million people once lived in Mosul, Iraq, a city reduced to rubble after three years of ISIS occupation and a brutal nine-month battle to take it back. An estimated 700,000 civilians were displaced during the conflict, most…
Some estimates suggest it may take 25 years to clear West Mosul of explosives. The bomb-removing team leader said those understate what is sure to be a long, enduring problem.
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![On the left, civilian group Las Rastreadoras de El Fuerte search in the desert for mass graves in Los Mochis, Mexico. On the right, artist Luz María Sánchez's sound piece "V.[u]nf_4", which incorporates sounds from the desert searches. It appeared at the University Museum Contemporary Art in Mexico City last year. Photos courtesy by Luz María Sánchez](https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2020/02/sound2-425x234.jpg)
