Battle for Iraq/Hunting ISIS

"Guardian" reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad goes inside the battle for Mosul to examine the fight and its toll, speaking with civilians, soldiers and ISIS suspects -- and surviving a suicide bomb.

FRONTLINE follows an Iraqi special operations unit that's on a mission to capture or kill ISIS fighters in the besieged city of Mosul. The special unit of Iraq's Golden Division is trained for intense urban warfare, but encounters terrified civilians and car bombs in its search for ISIS fighters.

Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad goes inside the battle for Mosul to examine the fight and its toll, speaking with civilians, soldiers and ISIS suspects -- and surviving a suicide bomb. Also in this two-part hour from FRONTLINE: a dramatic report on an Iraqi unit at the center of the fight.