Islamic State Took Control Of The Iraqi City Of Mosul One Year Ago

Wall Street Journal: Iraqi City of Mosul Transformed a Year After Islamic State Capture

Beneath a veneer of order, residents live in fear

In Islamic State’s stronghold of Mosul, the extremist group is working day and night to repair roads, manicure gardens and refurbish hotels. Iraq’s second-largest city has never looked so good thanks to strict laws enforced by the Sunni militants.

But beneath that veneer, the group metes out deadly punishments to those who don’t comply with a long list of prohibitions imposed over the year since it took control of Mosul on June 10, 2014, according to interviews with more than a dozen current and former city residents, refugees and Iraqi officials.

More News On Mosul One Year After Being Captured by The Islamic State

Mosul, Iraq's Second-Largest City, Remains Under ISIS Control 1 Year Later -- ABC News
Whipped for smoking and threatened for not wearing gloves in public: One year on since ISIS stormed Mosul, residents reveal the harsh reality of life under Islamic State -- Daily Mail
Iraq's Mosul bides its time, 12 months under IS rule -- AFP
ISIS Rule In Mosul: Few Come And Go As Extremists Dig In -- NPR
Islamic State: One year on, a brutish regime maintains grip on Mosul -- CSM
Secretly Filmed Video Shows Life in Mosul One Year After ISIS Capture -- Newsweek
Inside Mosul: What's life like under Islamic State? -- BBC
Iraqi veteran who fled Mosul a year ago: ISIS will never, ever leave my city -- CNN
Video: Iraqi militias train, dream of liberating Mosul -- France 24