Mosul, 5 years later: Rebuilding a city from rubble

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

On Point, News, Npr, Daily, Talk Show

4.3 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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In 2017, the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS razed the city to the ground. Approximately 10,000 civilians died. Their families have spent the past five years trying to bring their city back. Ali Baroodi, Maria Rita Acetoso and Sarhang Hamasaeed join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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1:00.1	This is on point.
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1:03.1	As the war in Ukraine grinds on, we've been watching Russian rockets rain down
1:08.1	on Ukrainian cities throughout the year.
1:10.7	As of June, the Ukrainian government said six cities had been completely destroyed,
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