Closing in on Mosul, Iraqi Army Finds Wake of Destruction

Soldiers say the Iraqi army is closing in on Mosul, fighting less than a kilometer from the city limits as it battles Islamic State militants in Iraq. But in cities and villages outside the front lines, some locals say they fear as long as militants control the provincial capital nowhere in the area is safe. "We can't go back until Mosul is freed," said Bashir Salam Shama, who came back to his city to find his house destroyed on Wednesday. "We are Christians and it...

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