in 2014 leader abu bakar all baghdadi came to the mosque to announce the creation of the islamic state caliphate. the effort by the iraqi army and its allies to drive out of the city caused heavy damage and killed or wounded thousands of civilians now 2 years later many local residents still have not recovered from the effects of the war they've suffered too much and their grief cannot be measured. more than 35000 people live at this camp for displaced persons in the town of hamam . about 20 kilometers south of mosul. most of the residents are alleged to have ties to iowa spiders. there are a number of orphans and widows here. one of those widows lives in this tent with their 5 children her name is rose. her husband was killed in an air raid on a mosque in mosul he was the militias in our prayer leader there will says he did not belong to i ass. as iraqi troops clashed with islamic state fighters in 2017 she and her children fled. they've lived in this tent ever since. i was told that the authorities say that my husband was a member of i asked why and that's why they refused to give us