For months, Alia Ali endured the din of fighting in Iraq's second city Mosul. Then a missile slammed into her home, killing her husband and her hearing. The 59-year-old lost her sense of sound in the final phase of the ferocious battle between government forces and jihadists of the Islamic State group, not long before the guns fell silent in July 2017.

Long after guns fall silent, Mosul residents suffer hearing loss

Three IS suicide bombers opened fire before two of them blew themselves up in a market

Iraq blast: 30 dead, 50 wounded near Shiite shrine north of Baghdad

Assailants believed to be carrying assault rifles and grenades, exchanged sporadic fire with police after attack began

Gunmen take over upscale Dhaka restaurant, Islamic State claims responsibility for attack

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Long after guns fall silent, Mosul residents suffer hearing loss

Iraq blast: 30 dead, 50 wounded near Shiite shrine north of Baghdad

Gunmen take over upscale Dhaka restaurant, Islamic State claims responsibility for attack