In Mosul, young volunteers help bring city back to life


  • World
  • Sunday, 27 May 2018

Iraqi students walk near a building of the central Library of the University of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq May 14, 2018. Picture taken May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid Al-Mousily

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A group of Iraqi university students have found a cause in the ruins of Mosul.

They are salvaging what is left of its rich heritage, clearing rubble and distributing aid in a city crying out for help after the war against Islamic State.

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