Islamic State gone, Mosul district residents adjust to new life

Iraqi soldiers take cover during an operation against Islamic State militants in the frontline neighbourhood of Intisar, eastern Mosul November 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

GOGJALI, Iraq (Reuters) - Until three weeks ago, many of Abu Osama's customers were Islamic State militants who brought their wives and children to his pharmacy on the eastern edge of Mosul for injections and treatment.

Now, most of them are Iraqi security forces who recaptured the Gogjali neighbourhood earlier this month and are pushing further into the city, which has been under Islamic State control for more than two years.