Weeks after the Iraqi army proclaimed victory over Islamic State militants, civilians and local government in Mosul have started the challenging process of rebuilding the war-torn city.
As the evacuation of civilians continues following Iraq's declaration of victory over Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, eight children of the same family from a wrecked neighborhood are in mourning for their missing parents. Iraqi forces say their father is dead but search for their mother continues. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports.
While U.S.-backed Iraqi forces continue their offensive to seize the last enclave of Islamic State in Mosul, frontline clinics offer a glimpse into the suffering inside Mosul’s Old City as hundreds of wounded residents are rushed in daily to receive emergency medical assistance. Kawa Omar reports for VOA from Mosul, Iraq.
As U.S.-backed Iraqi forces enter their final stage of assault on Islamic State forces in Mosul's Old City neighborhoods, more civilians are forced to flee their homes amid fierce fighting. VOA's Kawa Omar spoke to fleeing residents.
With Islamic State pushed from the eastern side of Mosul, local farmers are again able to sell their products for the first time in more than two years. VOA's Kawa Omar reports
Nadia Murad, a Yazidi survivor of Islamic State (IS) slavery, who also is a United Nations goodwill ambassador, made a tearful return home to northern Iraq after Iraqi militias cleared IS from the village of Kojo. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports.
Displaced residents of Mosul say food, water and medicine in refugee camps are becoming increasingly scarce as fleeing civilians continue to join them daily due to a new push by U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops against Islamic State in old Mosul. VOA's Kawa Omar reports.
After more than seven months of battles, U.S.-backed Iraqi security forces say they are beginning what they call a final push to oust Islamic State militants from their last pockets of control in Mosul. VOA's Kawa Omar reports.
Students and faculty of Mosul University have returned to repair their campus, which was reduced in areas earlier this year to rubble amid a U.S.-backed operation to remove the Islamic State forces. VOA's Kawa Omar reports.
As U.S.-backed Iraqi forces continue pushing against Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, civilian tolls are mounting. Eight-year-old Razan Ahmed recently lost her right hand in an IS bombing and is struggling to recover. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports.
As U.S.-backed Iraqi forces continue pushing against Islamic State in Mosul, civilian tolls are mounting. Eight-year-old Razan Ahmed recently lost her right hand in an IS bombing and is struggling to recover. VOA's Kawa Omar reports.
People have been streaming out of city since start of Iraqi offensive in October 2016, and officials say their ranks rose to 600,000 this week
After years on the run from Islamic State, displaced Yazidis are celebrating their New Year’s holiday in refugee camps. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports.
Iraqi federal police forces are changing tactics in the fight against Islamic State in cramped neighborhoods of old Mosul, using mainly snipers to minimize troop and civilian casualties. VOA's Kawa Omar reports.
Iraqi troops are stepping up the screening of displaced civilians to prevent Islamic State infiltrators. VOA’s Kawa Omar Reports.
Iraqi forces battling Islamic State fighters opened an escape route March 2, 2017, for hundreds of residents from Mosul's Mamun neighborhood trapped in their homes for days amid fighting. VOA's Kawa Omar reports.
Hundreds of Mosul residents fled after IS fighters, ousted by U.S.-backed forces from the city's airport, infiltrated nearby neighborhoods. VOA's Kawa Omar reports.
Stories of atrocities are being heard in eastern Mosul as Iraqi troops reclaim the area after the removal of Islamic State, including from Muhammad Abdullah, who says IS stoned his wife to death on false prostitution charges. VOA’s Kawa Omar reports.
Iraqi forces are building up around western Mosul for an expected push against Islamic State. VOA’s Kawa Omar Reports.
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