The battle for Mosul was not just a battle for the city, but also a turning point in the technology of warfare. ISIS converted cheap commercial drones into small bombers and used them extensively. The city, which was captured in 2014, had become a strategic stronghold for the terrorists' false "caliphate." The Iraqi army, Kurdish peshmerga and an international coalition led by the United States fought for nine months to retake Mosul.
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The battle for Mosul was not just a battle for the city, but also a turning point in the technology of warfare. ISIS converted cheap commercial drones into small bombers and used them extensively. The city, which was captured in 2014, had become a strategic stronghold for the terrorists' false "caliphate." The Iraqi army, Kurdish peshmerga and an international coalition led by the United States fought for nine months to retake Mosul.