The battle for Mosul, explained - Vox
www.vox.com/world/2016/10/18/13305564/mosul-iraq-isis-battle
18 Oct 2016 - Now Mosul is the last major Iraqi population center under ISIS control, with all .... and have its fighters withdraw to the Iraqi countryside and its Syrian “capital” of Raqqa. .... Updated by Tara Golshan Nov 9, 2016, 2:22am EST.