Mosul: Smuggled diary reveals life of fear under IS
Media captionMosul diary: 'I feel like I'm living in a prison' "Ahmed" was an engineering student at Mosul University when so-called Islamic State (IS) militants stormed into the city in June 2014. From that day, everything changed.The university shut and life became a daily struggle to survive. This summer, after two years, Ahmed (not his real name) managed to escape. In the weeks before, at great personal risk, he secretly kept a diary of living in the shadow of death under IS. Ahmed has ..>> view originalHundreds feared dead after packed migrant boat capsizes off Egypt
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