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Mosul under ISIS | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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in this Monday, July 7, 2014 file photo, people shop at a market in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. It’s becoming more expensive to live in the self-styled caliphate envisioned by the Islamic State group as militant-held cities grow increasingly isolated, impeding access to basic goods and services. Coalition airstrikes and ground operations in Iraq and Syria are making it difficult for products to move in and out of militant-strongholds, triggering price inflation and leading to the creation of black markets. (AP Photo, File)