IRAQ
Mosul, Iraq—Iraqi special forces crouch behind a Humvee as a massive car bomb detonated by Islamic State fighters explodes in front of them on November 16. A coalition that includes the Iraqi military, Kurdish fighters and U.S. military advisers launched a campaign in October to drive ISIS from the country’s second-largest city, which the jihadis captured in 2014. The advance of Iraqi troops was slowed by sniper fire, suicide bombings and concerns over the safety of Mosul residents fleeing the violence, according to the Associated Press.