Bloody scenes of life under IS haunt Mosul returnees
For residents of the Old City, returning to Mosul is an exercise in trying to forget. Its streets bear the scars of the horrors they survived – either living under Islamic State’s (IS) draconian rule or during nine months of brutal fighting, as the U.S.-led coalition battled to recapture the city from the jihadists. “This […]Raya Jalabi writes for Reuters:
For residents of the Old City, returning to Mosul is an exercise in trying to forget.
Its streets bear the scars of the horrors they survived – either living under Islamic State’s (IS) draconian rule or during nine months of brutal fighting, as the U.S.-led coalition battled to recapture the city from the jihadists.
“This corner is where Daesh whipped my sons for talking out of turn,” said Um Abdullah, using the Arabic acronym for Islamic State, walking around the neighborhood she returned to in January. “And this corner is where they killed my father for trying to stop them.”
