Mosul the capital? Think you mean Raqqa there pal (didn't even get the country right ), and it certainly is a feckin war zone as is Mosul.
How do you know have you been ? Mosul is in Iraq and is the Iraqi capital for Isis raqqa is in Siryia and is the Syrian capital, my kebab shop guy regually rings his family who live near Mosul and he assures me it is all media driven shite and Isis are a U.S. Made up terror groups I don't usually care about conspriacty story's and such but why would a man who is from Iraq lie to me ? Infact the same square they show on the news I've seen a picture of his