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Oct 2019
32m 30s

Noura Al Kaabi on UAE's effort to re-bui...

The National Uae
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The Iraqi city of Mosul lays in ruins. A three year campaign by the Iraqi army and international forces managed to push ISIS out of the country they tried to take over in 2014. But it came at a huge cost. Thousands were killed, by some estimates 40 per cent of Iraqi’s famed Golden Division counter terrorism officers died as they fought street to street, hous ... Show More
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