Battle for Mosul intensifies
Lesson Brief
BBC Arabic
On November 12, BBC Arabic reported on the Iraqi army's offensive to retake Mosul from the grip of ISIS. Sources are reporting fierce fighting, including suicide attacks by ISIS fighters who have built an intricate network of tunnels throughout the city. As a result of the fighting, thousands of families have been displaced or fled the city for makeshift displaced persons camps.
Suggested Set: Inside an ISIS tunnel
Video Vocabulary:
اشتداد | intensification | مخاوف | fears |
تفاقفم ، يتفاقم | To worsen | معاناة | suffering |
الفارين من | Those fleeing | نقلهم | Transporting them |
دروع بشرية | Human shields | ||
استهداف المدنيين | Targeting civilians | ||
منعهم | Preventing them | ||
تجميعهم | Gathering them | ||
مكان آمن | A secure place | ||
مخيمات النزوح | Displacement camps |
Click and Match
- a network of tunnels
- شبكة من الأنفاق
- it was slowed (f)
- تباطأت
- a series of attacks
- سلسلة من الهجمات
- unrest
- الاضطرابات
- installations, facilities
- منشآت
- digging trenches
- حفر خنادق
- suicide attacks
- هجمات انتحارية
- to last
- ُإِسْتَغْرَقَ ، يَسْتَغْرِق
- delaying, blocking its advance
- عرقلة تقدّمها
- counter-terrorism forces
- قوات مكافحة الإرهاب