Mosul

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http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-e...-isil-iraq

Battle for Mosul exposes fractures that threaten to haunt post-ISIL Iraq

But the months leading up to the final push for Iraq’s second largest city have laid bare some of the fractures that will haunt post-ISIL Iraq. From the growing influence of the Iranian-backed Shiite militias sanctioned by the government to the simmering tensions between Baghdad and authorities in the autonomous Kurdish region.

Taking the city will be only part of the battle.