2 years of US-led airstrikes against IS have redrawn Iraqi map

Two years ago, the US-led coalition dropped the first airstrikes on the Islamic State group, ushering in a deeper phase of intervention that dramatically changed the fight against the militant group in Iraq. Since then, more than 9,400 coalition airstrikes have allowed Iraqi forces to slowly claw back cities, towns, supply lines and infrastructure.

But the fight - which continues to be largely waged from the air - has also leveled entire neighborhoods, displaced millions and redrawn the Iraqi map.

The US-led coalition estimated that since the airstrikes began on Aug 8, 2014, IS has lost more than 40 percent of the territory it once held in Iraq. But while coalition airstrikes paved the way for Kurdish and Iraqi ground forces to retake territory, in many cases the result is a ruined prize.