Betrayal, guilt, hate: post-IS, Mosul society still broken
Haytham Salem has not spoken to his sister in years, but this is no ordinary family feud. When Islamic State jihadists overran Iraq’s Mosul, he fled but his nephew joined them. Nearly two years since the group was ousted from the northern Iraqi city, seeds of distrust, betrayal and resentment planted during jihadist rule have begun bearing fruit in Mosul. Some families whose members supported IS have become pariahs, shunned by their onetime neighbours and friends. Others are split by guilt, with relatives who stayed in Mosul after IS’s 2014…
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