Mosul dam flows, returning power to IS held city below
Iraqi authorities are releasing pressure on the fragile Mosul Dam to avoid a catastrophic flood, but in so doing are again providing power to the Islamic State’s capital in Iraq.
The Mosul Dam seized by Kurdish Peshmerga forces is on January 28, 2015. (EMRAH YORULMAZ/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The Iraqi government restarted electricity and water supplies to Mosul on Saturday, as engineers running the Mosul hydroelectric dam re-opened its main gates, fearing the barrier wall could otherwise collapse.
Turning on the turbines alleviates the pressure on the dam, but allows the so-called Islamic State (IS) group to claim credit for returning services to the people under its control in the Mosul area.
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