She revealed to Business Insider what life was like for the civilian population in Mosul, when the second largest Iraqi city was under ISIS control. Following is a transcript of the video.

The Defense Department announced in April that the US Army would send 200 additional troops to Iraq to support the Iraqi army's effort to retake the city of Mosul, which is currently occupied by ISIS.

Reflection on ISIS’s destruction of the city permits renewed consideration of the importance of beauty. Following a long, exhausting campaign, Iraqi forces successfully retook control of Mosul.

For the children of Mosul, life took a darker turn when IS took ... She walked out her front door one day to go to school when a car bomb exploded nearby. It’s hard to imagine the noise.

A federal police military vehicle is seen during a battle between Iraqi forces and ISIS in Mosul on Monday. The U.S. is investigating civilian deaths in the city. (Khalid al Mousily/Reuters ...