Now, the coalition-backed Iraqi forces have set their sights on freeing western Mosul.

现在，在联军的支持下，伊拉克军队把目光放在了解放西摩苏尔上。

The background: ISIS took over Mosul in 2014.

ISIS于2014年占领了摩苏尔市。

The stakes, especially near Mosul are high.

这样的风险, 尤其在摩苏尔附近非常高。

The people of Mosul were mostly ethnically Kurdish.

摩苏尔的居民大多是库尔德人。

Mosul fell to ISIS in just four days.

ISIS仅用了四天的时间就占领了ISIS。

I was in Mosul the day it was liberated.

摩苏尔解放那天，我就在那里。

Al-Dawassa is critical to the daily functioning of Mosul.

阿尔达瓦萨对于摩苏尔的日常运作而言至关重要。

The battle of Mosul was a gruesome nine month blocked.

摩苏尔战役经历了可怕的九个月受阻。

But retaking the Old City of Mosul is riddled with challenges.

不过，重新收复摩苏尔老城依然挑战重重。

So remind us why this operation to retake Mosul is so important.

请告诉我们为什么夺回摩苏尔的战役如此重要。

Especially the northern city of Mosul, which IS overran in the summer.

尤其是夏天被IS攻下的北部城市摩苏尔。

The big question is when an offensive to retake Mosul might begin.

最大的问题是夺回摩苏尔的攻势随时可能开始。

The education department runs several schools, and even the university in Mosul.

而“ISIS”的教育部们开设了几所学校, 甚至在摩苏尔也有大学。

We the people of Mosul lost so many people.

我们摩苏尔的人民失去了这么多人。

For three years, ISIS had control of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city.

ISIS控制伊拉克第二大城市摩苏尔已有三年。

The discovery was made in Hamam al-Alil near the city of Mosul.

这个墓穴位于摩苏尔附近的Hamam al-Alil。

Five years later much of Mosul remains in ruins but not the library.

五年后，摩苏尔的大部分地区仍然是一片废墟，但图书馆已经不复存在。

Iraqi and coalition forces recaptured Mosul in 2017.

2017年，伊拉克和联军重新夺回了摩苏尔。

They ruled over 8 million people, they called Mosul, the capital of their so-called Caliphate.

他们统治了800多万人，他们称摩苏尔为他们所谓的哈里发国的首都。

To the west of Mosul, the fighters have taken control of parts of eastern Syria.

在摩苏尔西部，战士们占领了叙利亚东部部分地区。