Shawn Carrié

Shawn Carrié has reported on conflict and human rights in the Middle East since since 2014. He has covered the war in Syria, migration in Europe, politics in Turkey, culture in Iraq, and civil strife in America. He is currently based in Istanbul.

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TOPSHOT - Iraqis pass destroyed buildings in the old city of Mosul on March 14, 2018, eight months after the Iraqi government forces retook the city from the control of the Islamic State (IS) group. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

To Defeat ISIS, the U.S. Helped Turn Old Mosul Into Rubble — but Won't Help Rebuild It

Pesha Magid, Shawn Carrié

- Apr. 22, 2018

Mosul was unscathed in the U.S. invasion of 2003, but its Old City has been flattened in the war on ISIS. Iraqis there are getting no aid to recover.

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To Defeat ISIS, the U.S. Helped Turn Old Mosul Into Rubble — but Won't Help Rebuild It

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