Mosul may be free, but Iraq’s complex war continues

Nearly every building in West Mosul has been destroyed. So who will oversee reconstruction? And what about neighbouring cities still under Daesh control?
Burnt-out cars sit on the side of the road in November 2016 on the outskirts of Mosul, the northern Iraqi city recently reclaimed by Iraqi forces from Daesh.
OTTAWA—Earlier this month, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi officially declared that the brutal nine-month battle to retake the city of Mosul was finally over. However, just four days later, explosions were still rocking the shattered rubble in the city’s downtown core as the last of the Da...

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