My Visit to the ISIS Front Line -<br />By BEN C. SOLOMON, LIZ BAYLEN, SERGIO PEÇANHA and JON HUANG FEB. 22, 2017<br />Last month the Iraqi government recovered the eastern part of Mosul, a major victory against the Islamic State.<br />Ben C. Solomon, a New York Times video journalist, visited Mosul in February.<br />Source: Islamic State group control map in Iraq and Syria by IHS Conflict Monitor, as of Feb. 13.<br />Despite the insecurity, people remain hopeful in the lead-up to the next offensive, and children have started to venture outside.<br />The Tigris, less than 500 feet wide in some points, is the front line.<br />When ISIS took over Mosul in 2014, many residents fled to escape the militants’ rule.<br />Produced by Liz Baylen, Jon Huang and Sergio Peçanha
