The mounds of rubble bear witness to the grueling battles against IS militants that Mosul has endured, but life is slowly coming back to Iraq's second-largest city. Residents say the cautious recovery is mostly their own doing.

 

The mounds of rubble bear witness to the grueling battles against IS militants that Mosul has endured, but life is slowly coming back to Iraq's second-largest city. Residents say the cautious recovery is mostly their own doing. By @samya_kullab https://t.co/DI4oOYWOku

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 9, 2020