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While previous urban battlefields in Iraq’s war against ISIS were largely depopulated, Mosul still sheltered a million-plus people when an offensive to retake it was launched (AFP Photo/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
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U.S. 100 dollar notes are seen at a bank in this picture illustration in Seoul September 20, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won
Tax Overhaul Great in Theory. Here’s Why It’s So Hard in Practice
New York- House Republicans have an ambitious plan for overhauling the way American businesses are taxed. A short list of the plan’s potential benefits looks awesome: It would give companies more incentive to keep jobs in the United States, less to overextend...Caption:
Math and English textbooks found in an ISIS facility for child fighters, which include military imagery, are pictured in Mosul, Iraq, February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
Abandoned Mosul Orphanage Shows how ISIS Groomed Child Soldiers
Mosul- When the boys first arrived at ISIS training facility in eastern Mosul they would cry and ask about their parents, who went missing when the militants rampaged through northern Iraq in 2014. But as the weeks passed they appeared to absorb the group’s...Caption:
A member of the U.S. army forces participates in combat training in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
Preparations for Alleyways Combat in West Mosul
Mosul- ISIS militants are developing a network of passageways and tunnels in the narrow alleys of west Mosul that will enable them to hide and fight among the civilian population when Iraqi forces launch an attack that is expected any day now. Residents said the...Caption:
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during his meeting with mukhtars at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, November 26, 2015. REUTERS/Umit Bektas