With homes turned into rubble, and civilians facing a dire lack of food, water, electricity, and medical supplies, the people of Mosul are barely clinging to life. They are stuck between the weapons of IS and those of coalition forces. Once the battle slows down, can the residents of Mosul trust either U.S.-backed forces or IS as protectors?
Read MoreFor Whom the Bell Tolls: Ringing in the Liberation of Mosul
Ringing a familiar and yet disconcerting tune, the bells of Mosul toll to the inevitable liberation of the Iraqi peoples. For the second time in a little over a decade, the Iraqi city, weathered by more than two years of ruthless authoritarian rule under the Islamic State, is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
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