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Mosul ( / m oʊ ˈ s uː l / ; Arabic : الموصل – al-Mawṣil ( local pronunciation : el-Mōṣul ); Syriac : ܢܝܢܘܐ – Nînwe ; Kurdish : مووسڵ – Mûsil ) is a city of normally about two and a half million people (2014 est.) in northern Iraq , illegally occupied since 10 June 2014 by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant .
Mosul is completely ruled by the Islamic State terror group headquartered in Al-Raqqah , Syria .The legitimate government of Iraq stopped paying salaries soon after the city was overrun by militants. (that ISIL allegedly exploited by stealing a generous percentage) which it had previously paid to city workers including nurses, doctors,
Located some 400 km (250 mi) north of Baghdad , the original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River , opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has grown to encompass substantial areas on both the "Left Coast" (east side) and the "Right Coast" (west side) as the two banks are described in the local language.