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TOPSHOT - Smoke billows in the Qayyarah area, south of Mosul, on November 7, 2016 during the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group. Raqa and Mosul are the last major cities in Syria and Iraq under the jihadists' control. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Smoke billows in the Qayyarah area, south of Mosul, on November 7, 2016 during the ongoing operation by Iraqi forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group.
Raqa and Mosul are the last major cities in Syria and Iraq under the jihadists' control. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE        (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)