Tag: Mosul

News / World - 8 years ago

The Deminer review – heartstopping tale of heroic bomb disposal expert

There are moments of great tension in this film about the work of an extraordinarily brave mine-disposal expert, or “deminer”, in Iraq. It is of real value in the raw archive material it presents, though often frustrating in that its footage is most...

News / World - 8 years ago

Rising from the rubble: 'If we don't rebuild Mosul, maybe Isis will come back’

“Even if we work every day for the next six months, we still won’t finish this job – we don’t have enough support or equipment,” says Muhammed Shaban, an officer of the Civil Defence Force in west Mosul, in the exhausted tone of someone who is unabl...