Mosul and Aleppo: a tale of two cities

If the U.S. bombs Mosul like Russia is doing in Aleppo, civilian casualties will be quite similar. But the Western media will doubtless still find ways to see a difference.

Smoke from oil fields on fire billows across Iraq's Mosul district in this near infrared satellite image captured Oct. 18 by Vancouver-based UrtheCast. The Iraqi government says Islamic State militants set fire to oil fields as they fled the area.Photo courtesy of UrtheCast

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

October 26, 2016

LONDON, U.K.—Two great sieges have been happening recently in the Middle East, one in Mosul in Iraq, and the other in Aleppo in Syria. They have a great deal in common, including the fact that the attackers both depend heavily on foreign air power, but they are treated by most international news o...

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