On the Ground as the Massive, High-Risk Attack on ISIS in Mosul Begins
ON THE ATTACK
The Mosul attack would destroy the so-called Islamic State’s last stronghold in Iraq, but it’s fraught with risks that could disrupt the U.S. presidential campaign.
KHAZIR, Iraq—After months of preparation, the long-awaited battle for Mosul began in the early hours of Monday when Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga troops surged across the plains of northern Iraq toward the stronghold of the so-called
