Special Report
- Senior International Correspondent: Arwa Damon
- Photojournalist and Editor: Brice Lainé
- Producers: Hamdi Alkhshali and Tim Lister
This feature is best experienced with sound
In November 2016, CNN’s Arwa Damon and Brice Lainé entered eastern Mosul with Iraqi security forces. Their convoy soon came under attack by ISIS fighters. Arwa and her producer, Hamdi, who had stayed back at base, relied on an old cellphone to keep in touch. The group was under siege for 28 hours.
