Will ISIS be pushed easily from Mosul after ‘mother of all battles’ against ISIS?
“It is a splendid city, beautifully built,” a famous Muslim geographer once wrote. “The climate is pleasant, the water healthy. Highly renowned, and of great antiquity, it is possessed of excellent markets and inns, and is inhabited by many personages of account, and learned men.” The author, Mohamed Al-Maqdisi, writing in the 10th century, was […]