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INSIDE THE BATTLE OF MOSUL

Article inside Al-Karamah district, the first neigborhood of Mosul from ISIS by the Iraqi special forces https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2114788/isis-jihadis-severed-foot-and-suicide-bomb-wreckage-litter-the-streets-as-troops-push-into-mosul-and-plant-iraqi-flag-for-first-time-in-two-years/

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ISIS’ CHRISTIAN MASSACRE

An article on the liberation of the town of Qaraqosh – a Christian village just outside Mosul for the SUN: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2092871/isis-fanatics-destroy-christians-homes-churches-mosul/

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FIRST DRONE FOOTAGE INSIDE MOSUL

The first journalist aerial footage taken inside Mosul since the operation to liberate the city from the so called Islamic state. Vision is of Al-Bakr district in eastern quarter and taken with the express permission of Najaf Iraqi special forces […]

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INTERVIEW ON DAY 9 OF OP TO LIBERATE MOSUL

Interview on Day 9 of the operation to liberate Mosul from the so called Islamic state on i24news: [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-j2bHFb5Mo[/embedyt]

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THE BLOODY ROAD TO MOSUL

A article on battle for Mosul near the Khazir front-line east of the city: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2005483/shocking-moment-sun-man-stumbles-across-mangled-isis-corpses-after-heroes-gunned-down-jihadis-outside-terror-city/

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PHONE INTERVIEW ON THE OPERATION TO LIBERATE MOSUL

A phone interview on i-24news on the ground on the Khazir front east of Mosul with the Kurdish forces at the start of the operation to liberate the city. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr2Nw81Qam0[/embedyt]  

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ISIS TORTURE PRISON

A look inside an ISIS prison in Qayyarah east of Mosul [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rp7Dzj7MIKI[/embedyt]

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TV INTERVIEW ON MOSUL OPERATION

A FOX news interview on the announced by Iraqi Prime Minster Haider al-Abadi of the start of the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS after 2 years of control by the jihadists. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovw6NnKuKRc[/embedyt]

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A TAPESTRY OF ISIS’S ABUSE

A TV package for i24news on a Yazidi artist, Maryam, who paints about abuse that ISIS committed on August the 3rd 2014 when they attacked Sinjar Mountain. http://www.i24news.tv/en/tv/replay/no-playlist/x4mz1e5

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IRAQI PM ANNOUNCES OPERATION TO RETAKE SHIRQAT, SOUTH OF MOSUL

An interview on i24news on the retaking of Shirqat in Iraq and the upcoming Mosul offensive in Iraq. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0XQj5Dvamo[/embedyt] http://IRAQI PM ANNOUNCES OPERATION TO RETAKE SHIRQAT, SOUTH OF MOSUL

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