Iraqi engineers are warning that a dam which sits just above the bustling city of Mosul in Iraq is ready to burst. If that happens, hundreds of thousands of people may die. "All we can do is hold ...

As CNN reported, a drought that caused a severe reduction in water levels in the Mosul Dam reservoir along the Tigris river has revealed a 3,400-year-old palace that was buried below the dam.

In late February the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad released a statement warning that the Mosul Dam is at a “a serious and unprecedented risk of catastrophic failure with little warning.” ...

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The U.S. has launched 68 airstrikes against ISIS militants over the past 10 days, about half of which were targeted around a strategically critical dam outside of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city.

Photographer Emanuele Satolli has been covering the battle for Mosul since it first started. He recently returned as Iraqi forces work to free western neighborhoods from the deadly grip of ISIS.

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The Iraqi prime minister arrived to "congratulate the armed forces and the Iraqi people" on the final defeat of IS in Mosul on Sunday, the statement said. AFP/Getty Images Iraq's federal police ...