Why is it important to retake Mosul from ISIL?

Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English
  • 8 years ago
The Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have begun a new offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) near the armed group's stronghold of Mosul. There are an estimated 6,000 ISIL fighters in and around Mosul.

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