Since Oct. 16, when Iraqi forces launched a large-scale offensive on Mosul to dislodge ISIS fighters, more than a hundred villages have been liberated. But the battle for Mosul continues.

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as a defining symbol of Mosul - until it was reduced to rubble by the Islamic State group in 2017. Now, nearly eight ...