Exclusive footage from Iraq’s second city of Mosul reveals how Islamic State wields power over people’s everyday life, a year after it was captured.
Secretly filmed videos obtained by the BBC’s Ghadi Sary show mosques being blown up, abandoned schools, and women being forced to cover up their bodies.
Residents said they were living in fear of punishment according to the group’s extreme interpretation of Islamic law.
They also described IS preparations for an expected government offensive.
The fall of Mosul marked the start of a lighting advance across the north that saw the army routed and hundreds of thousands of people forced to flee their homes.
1. Control of women
The videos, filmed over several months last year, reveal the reality of life under IS. The first series shows how women are forced to cover up, with one woman challenged for not having her hands fully covered.
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