What Lies Ahead At The Gates Of Mosul

What lies ahead at the gates of Mosul? Iraq's counter-terrorism forces enter city suburbs as Mosul battle goes more smoothly than predicted, but much lies ahead. Last year, a team excavating the Assyrian-era gates to the ancient city of Nineveh, on the outskirts of Mosul, found that the stone slabs used as foundations were actually exquisitely carved reliefs; depicting archers, besieged cities and incredible likenesses of the surrounding landscape Now, they are beginning the next phase of work, exploring new areas for excavation and starting on the. The Mashki Gate in Mosul was one of the monumental gates of Nineveh, the oldest and the most populous city of the Assyrian empire, an imperial capital, and a major crossroads between the eastern Mediterranean and the Iranian plateau. The remains of Nineveh lie across the river from modern-day Mosul and partially within the boundaries of the old. Mosul was built near the remains of the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh - once the largest city in the world. "It's a story of global importance that includes the very beginning of written. "We had to come up with a way to help the Iraqis without a significant ground force," a retired US army colonel, who worked with the operation in Baghdad at the peak of the anti-ISIS fight, told The National The coalition decided to focus on "the use of air power and the use of advisers to both train and retrain the Iraqi army to get them up to a level where they could take back some of. -backed Iraqi forces launched their operation to reclaim Mosul in October 2016, starting in the city's eastern half. Advancing across the Tigris to the west, the battle would span more than. The Salvation of Mosul. An Iraqi archaeologist braved ISIS snipers and booby-trapped ruins to rescue cultural treasures in the city and nearby legendary Nineveh and Nimrud. Salih reports that ISIS. What we need in Mosul is a counter-organized crime effort supported by international intelligence and police forces. We need to help the Iraqis to finally destroy ISIS in the city by finally. When Islamic State extremists bulldozed the ancient monumental Mashki Gate in the Iraqi city of Mosul in 2016, it was part of the group's systematic destruction of cultural.

The Siege Of Mosul: What's Happening? Why Is It Significant?

Yuri Kozyrev—Noor for TIME. When fighters with the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria swept across Iraq in the summer of 2014, the largest prize they claimed was the city of Mosul. Mosul is Iraq's biggest metropolis outside of Baghdad, and gaining control of the city was one of ISIS' most significant strategic wins. When ISIS took Mosul in June 2014, it also took control. The Battle of Mosul (Arabic: معركة الموصل, Ma'rakat al-Mawṣil; Kurdish: شەڕی مووسڵ, Şerrê Mûsilê) was a major battle initiated by the Iraqi Government forces with allied militias, the Kurdistan Regional Government, and international forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (ISIL), which had seized the. Tackling Mosul proper The forces here - US and Iraqi - are now preparing for the next stage of the offensive that will bring Iraqi and Kurdish Peshmerga forces to the gates of Mosul on three. The Mosul siege has made ISIS the single most dangerous, destabilizing radical group in the region. The group is also known by some as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. The Sunni extremist fighters have removed or destroyed more than a dozen tombs, statues, mosques, and shrines—including shrines that hold meaning for Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike—such. A man stands in front of an oil fire burning in the Qayyarah area, some 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul, on October 19, 2016, during an operation by Iraqi forces against ISIS jihadists to.