Here’s a good story from the Brits about the work being done in Mosul.

Al-Qaeda is driven from Mosul bastion after bloody last stand

- Sunday Times

In Mosul, Al-Qaeda’s last redoubt, the group still held sway as recently as Easter. Now it lacks the strength to fight the army face to face and has lost the sympathy of most of the ordinary citizens who once admired its stand against the occupying forces and their allies in the Iraqi army.