Now that that it has been won, another daunting battle has begun: to bring Iraq’s second-largest city back from the dead. “It will be a very big reconstruction effort.”He said Iraqi authorities and Mosul residents would have the opportunity to replan the city and improve the quality of life there. Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times Residents of west Mosul's Jadidah neighborhood remove debris after an airstrike in March 2017. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times Residents who fled the fighting in Mosul line up for aid from the World Food Program. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)Lingering concernsHovering over the recovery effort are the threats of corruption and mismanagement.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 19, 2017 19:45 UTC