After IS, Mosul rebuilds monuments, mosques -- and society


  • World
  • Wednesday, 26 Jul 2017

FILE PHOTO: People gather at the destroyed tomb of the Prophet Jonah (Nabi Younes) in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem/File Photo

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Faisal Jeber arrested and interrogated suspected Islamic State militants during the battle for Mosul. Now he is taking up a new fight that could be just as crucial to the city's future.

The 47-year-old geologist is trying to restore historical sites damaged during the militant Islamist group's brutal three-year rule over the northern Iraqi city.

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