Iraq/Kurdistan: How the Islamic State is Using Scorched Earth Tactics as it Retreats

Oct 26, 2016 | Laris Karklis, Washington Post
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Satellite imagery of the current operations by Iraqi forces to retake Mosul reveal how the Islamic State can inflict damage even when the militant group is on the run. Iraqi forces began the operation to retake Mosul on Oct. 16, with forces advancing from the south along the Tigris River and from the east with the goal of retaking the outskirts of the city before beginning a block-by-block clearing of the largest city still held by the Islamic State in Iraq.