article_snippet: Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Iraq have released bizarre new photographs attempting to portray daily life under the terror group as a world of bustling marketplaces and delicious food.
article_snippet: The propaganda images attempt to portray a 'business as usual' type atmosphere among the city's stall-holders, despite the fact Mosul Mosul is the number one priority of a fightback campaign launched by the 30,000-strong coalition of Iraqi Army soldiers and Shia militia earlier this week.
article_snippet: Propaganda: the travel brochure-type images attempt to portray a 'business as usual' type atmosphere among Mosul stall-holders .
article_snippet: Unconcerned: Despite the fact recapturing Mosul is the number one priority of a fightback campaign launched by the 30,000-strong coalition of Iraqi Army soldiers and Shia militia earlier this week .
article_snippet: Mosul, which had a population of more than 1 million people, was captured by Islamic State fighters in June and is the largest city in the group's self-declared caliphate, a stretch of territory that straddles the border between northern Iraq and eastern Syria.
highlights_snippet: Photographs were taken in the terror group's northern Iraqi stronghold .
  
highlights_snippet: Mosul is on the frontline of the Iraq's fightback against the Islamic State .