Mosul Is Struggling Six Months After It Was Liberated

Daily Mail/AFP: Corpses rot in the streets, rubble is piled high and families freeze in the cold: How Mosul is struggling to recover from ISIS occupation, six months after it was liberated

* Mosul residents went from euphoria to uncertainty after their city was liberated from tyrannical ISIS control
* Iraqi forces defeated the terrorists in the city in July 2017 after months of intense battles reduced it to ruins
* But corpses still litter the streets, many of its buildings are little more than rubble and families freeze at home

Six months after its liberation, the streets of Iraq's second city are still littered with corpses, many of its buildings are little more than rubble and families freeze in their homes.

Mosul residents have gone from euphoria at the city's rescue after three years of jihadist rule to uncertainty over when rebuilding will start in earnest.

Iraqi forces defeated ISIS in Mosul in July 2017 after months of intense urban battles that reduced the historic Old City to ruins.

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WNU Editor: It is going to take a long time to rebuild Western Mosul .... and that is if the security situation does not deteriorate, and if the aid does not come in .... US pledges extra $75mn as Iraq seeks help with $100bn post-ISIS reconstruction bill (RT). The bottom video on the rebuilding of Mosul is from New China.