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Survivors Describe Grim Revelations In Aftermath Of Mosul Victory

6:33pm July 11, 2017

by Jane Arraf

Countless bodies, ruins and questions remain as the last ISIS fighters are driven from Mosul. The Iraqi government declared the city liberated on Monday, even though there were still ISIS fighters in the city.

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Iraq's Victory In Mosul Raises Questions About The Future Of ISIS

6:33pm July 11, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with terrorism expert Bruce Hoffman about what to expect for the future of ISIS now that the city of Mosul, Iraq, has been liberated from the terrorist group.

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Iraqi Forces Retake City Of Mosul From ISIS Fighters

4:36pm July 10, 2017

Iraqi security forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, have finally declared victory against ISIS in Mosul, even though there are still ISIS fighters in the city. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Sally Becker, founding chair of Road to Peace, about rescuing women and children from Mosul.

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Devastation Overshadows Celebration As Iraqi Forces Liberate Mosul

4:36pm July 10, 2017

by Jane Arraf

The Iraqi government has declared the city of Mosul liberated after nine months of heavy fighting against ISIS. High casualties and destruction have overshadowed the celebration.

Iraqi civilians in Mosul's Old City flash the "victory" sign as they celebrate the government's announcement of the "liberation" of the embattled city Sunday.

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Mosul Has Been Liberated From ISIS Control, Iraq's Prime Minister Says

2:30pm July 09, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"They're now in one particular neighborhood, where the last pockets of ISIS fighters are fighting very hard. It's really their last stand," NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Mosul.

Members of Michigan's Chaldean community rally against religious persecution in Iraq in 2010.

After Fleeing Persecution, U.S. Christian Refugees Now Face Deportation

5:00am July 08, 2017

by Tom Gjelten

The Trump administration's efforts to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally is bad news for Christian refugees who could be returned to the countries where they were persecuted.

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Hobby Lobby Agrees To Renounce Smuggled Iraqi Artifacts

10:12pm July 06, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Candida Moss, professor of New Testament at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby. After Hobby Lobby was fined for smuggling artifacts out of Iraq, Moss talks about Hobby Lobby's unique business mission: to promote the bible.

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Iraqi Forces Continue To Battle Remaining ISIS Fighters In Mosul

7:49am July 06, 2017

by Jane Arraf

U.S. and Iraqi commanders say the fight to push ISIS out of Mosul, Iraq is nearing its last few hundred yards.

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In Iraq, Fight To Retake Mosul From ISIS Appears To Be In Its Final Stages

5:05am July 05, 2017

Mary Louise Kelly talks to Major General Joseph Martin, land component commander for the 23 countries fighting alongside Iraqi forces, on efforts to eradicate Mosul of Islamic State forces.

The ravaged Great Mosque of al-Nuri, as seen through rubble in the Old City of Mosul on Thursday. Iraqi forces say they've recaptured the landmark, where ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the group's "caliphate" in 2014.

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Iraq Reclaims Historic Mosul Mosque, Saying ISIS 'Caliphate' Has Fallen

1:44pm June 29, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Though the mosque now lies in ruins, the moment marks a symbolic victory for Iraqis, who watched three years ago as ISIS declared a "caliphate" from its pulpit. But the fight is by no means over.