Foreign Affairs
The Aftermath Of The Battle For Mosul Is Absolutely Staggering [Photos]
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The nearly eight-month battle between the Iraqi Security Forces and the Islamic State for Mosul has left much of the city a pile of rubble.
A large percentage of the damage is localized to the western half, where the fiercest fighting took place. U.S. military commanders frequently described the battle for the western half as some of the most fierce urban fighting since World War II.
Mosul – Gone are the libraries,the scholars,the Pashas & Emirs,the merchants,the golden age,the madrassahs & the minarets.They are all dead! pic.twitter.com/9CyFibhG8R
— Mohammad Zahid (@MZahid7) July 10, 2017
Old Aleppo and Old Mosul pic.twitter.com/8ckRGnTuJE
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) July 9, 2017
What I saw was a city that has been decimated. Street after street looked like this: pic.twitter.com/DkzNhMBcsz
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) July 9, 2017
The desperate search for survivors in Mosul, liberated from so-called Islamic Statehttps://t.co/JYyLdpruJi pic.twitter.com/qsoPtDyFvz
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) July 10, 2017
Photos from the aftermath of the battle show a city that will need billions of dollars of international assistance to rebuild.
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