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Since retaking eastern Mosul from ISIL, Iraqi security forces have been working to apprehend the remaining fighters.
Thousands of civilians have made their way out of the city towards newly built IDP camps to the east.
As ISIL lost more territory to government forces, fear and punishment were used to keep control over workers in Mosul.
Dozens of civilians died in a recent coalition strike aimed at killing an ISIL commander in Mosul, residents say.
Civilians fleeing Mosul spoke of hiding in basements and surviving on rotten bread for days as fighting raged.
In addition to using drones for reconnaissance in Iraq, ISIL has been sending them out with bombs attached.
Iraqi medics on Mosul frontline say growing proportion of the patients they treat are non-combatants.
Rebel commander says uprising against Syria’s government has stalled because of clashes with al-Qaeda-linked group.
![Ahmad al-Saoud fought in Syria's army for two decades before defecting to join the opposition [Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/20143914248461734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The influx of Syrians has boosted the local economy but also heightened competition and social tensions.
