A walk through western Mosul


  • World
  • Tuesday, 25 Apr 2017

A flag of Iraq is seen outside a house on a street controlled by Iraqi Federal Police in western Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

IRAQ, Mosul (Reuters) - Inside are tattered curtains, crumbling walls and torn up floors. Outside is a near ghost town.

Five stools stand on tables in a small restaurant, put there by staff after the last meat dish was cleared. A few streets away mannequins are on display in a fashion shop.

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