Mosul was liberated from Islamic State in July 2017 and has been free from major terrorist attacks in the last year.
Smoke rises after an U.S. airstrike, while the Iraqi army pushes into Topzawa village during the operation against Islamic State militants near Bashiqa, near Mosul, Iraq October 24, 2016.(photo credit: AHMED JADALLAH / REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMANUpdated:
