|
|
 |
|
|
Islamic State Mounting ‘Fierce,’ ‘Creative’ Defense of Mosul by webdesk@voanews.com (Jeff Seldin, Jamie Dettmer)
|
| Islamic State Mounting ‘Fierce,’ ‘Creative’ Defense of Mosul by webdesk@voanews.com (Jeff Seldin, Jamie Dettmer) |
|
| Article Posted: 12/11/2016 |
|
Islamic State Mounting ‘Fierce,’ ‘Creative’ Defense of Mosul |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nearly two months into the assault on the Islamic State’s last major stronghold in Iraq, the unbridled optimism that accompanied the initial, rapid advance is gone.
Iraqi security forces, which had cut through IS defenses in the outer suburbs of the northern city of Mosul, have met with stiffer than expected resistance in the city’s east. Their losses have been significant and, to both Iraqi and U.S. officials, surprising.
“They front-loaded the fight,” a U.S. official told VOA,...
Related Articles -
|
Rate This Article  |
|
|
|
|
|
Do you Agree or Disagree? Have a Comment? POST IT!
| Reader Opinions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Author Login |
|
|
 |
Advertiser Login
ADVERTISE HERE NOW!
Limited Time $60 Offer!
90 Days-1.5 Million Views
|
|
GENE MYERS
Author of four books and two screenplays; frequent magazine contributor. I have four other books "in...more
|
|
|
|
|
STEPHEN BYE
Steve Bye is currently a fiction writer, who published his first novel, ‘Looking Forward Through The...more
|
|
|
|
|
SUSAN FRIESEN
Susan Friesen, founder of the award-winning web development and digital marketing firm eVision Media...more
|
|
|
|
|
PAUL AZORIN
Paul Azorin Chief Technology Officer at BairesDev
Pablo Azorín is the Founder and Chief Techno...more
|
|
|
|
|
JAMES KENNY
James is a Research Enthusiast that focuses on the understanding of how things work and can be impro...more
|
|
|
|
|
TREENA MURPHY
Warm greetings to you!! Hello there, my name is Treena (Smiley) Murphy I am a part time blogge...more
|
|
|
|
|
LAURA JEEVES
At LeadGenerators, we specialise in content-led Online Marketing Strategies for our clients in the t...more
|
|
|
|
|
LUMINHOME LIGHTING
About Us Luminhome Lighting provide one-stop services in lighting design and manufacture of LED lum...more
|
|
|
|
|
KIRAN KAUR
Kiranpreet (Kiran) Kaur, D.D.S., who received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the prestigio...more
|
|
|
|
