Mosul Reduced to Ghost Town
IWPR-trained reporter returns to find grim, desolate city, barely recognisable from the “fabulous” place he last visited 12 years ago.
8 Jan 09
IWPR-trained reporter returns to find grim, desolate city, barely recognisable from the “fabulous” place he last visited 12 years ago.
Sunni and Shia neighbours welcome reopening of symbolic bridge after notorious stampede.
Many unsure what to make of historic deal signed off last week.
Prominent former PUK leader accused of using dissident faction as proxy to settle political scores.
Relations between the two remain cool, as trade and other economic ties flourish.
Despite some initial awe, press corps mostly dismayed by TV correspondent who flung shoe at US president.