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The battle for Mosul stalls: 'we are fighting the devil himself' - for The Guardian

December 06, 2016 in tearsheets

Work covering the Mosul offensive for The Guardian as the fight between Iraqi forces and ISIS continues. Read the article here.
Tags: mosul, iraq, iraqi, fighting, battle, battle for mosul, war, conflict
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People celebrating at a pro-independence rally in Shanadar Park in Erbil, Iraq on September 16, 2017. Next week on September 25th, Kurdistan is holding a referendum to vote on independence from Iraq. Rallies like this one are happening across Iraqi Kurdish territories leading up to the vote. The referendum is largely opposed by Baghdad and neighboring countries like Turkey and Iran. Western allies like the US and Germany are also opposed to the referendum citing fear it will cause further violence and distract from the fight against ISIS. Yesterday Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told AP that force will be used if the referendum turns violent. #somanyflags #iraq #iraqi #kurdish #kurdistan #kurd #nation #flag #barzani
People celebrating at a pro-independence rally in Shanadar Park in Erbil, Iraq on September 16, 2017. Next week on September 25th, Kurdistan is holding a referendum to vote on independence from Iraq. Rallies like this one are happening across Iraqi Kurdish territories leading up to the vote. The referendum is largely opposed by Baghdad and neighboring countries like Turkey and Iran. Western allies like the US and Germany are also opposed to the referendum citing fear it will cause further violence and distract from the fight against ISIS. Yesterday Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told AP that force will be used if the referendum turns violent. #somanyflags
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I spoke to @wireduk about the backstory to this photo taken on assignment for them earlier this summer. It was an intense afternoon and one that highlighted both the extreme danger and importance of the job the men @jmacbeck and I followed did. You can read more about it here or read the full article in this month's magazine. http://www.wired.co.uk/article/mosul-boobytraps-daesh-photography
These end of summer sunsets are coming in strong and thankfully a bit cooler - Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. #iraq #iraqi #kurd #kurdish #suli #sunset #orange
Escaping the battle for Mosul, families took with them what little they could carry — remembrances of loved ones and the past. Often, there is little function or utility to these items — a broken watch, a child’s garment, a handful of worn photographs. They are tokens of the life — and the people — they left behind. In this image: Kasim Muhammed Tahir, 58 Kasim fled Mosul with his family in the middle of November 2016 after an airstrike destroyed their house. The only thing he saved was his pet bird, Abboud, which he has had for more than five years. “I’d rather die than lose this bird,” he says. Kasim is unhappy living in the camp, because it’s hot and dusty, but believes the bird has it worse, especially now that he’s no longer able to find proper seeds to feed it. “I have six sons, and I love this bird just like one of my sons,” he says with a playful smile on his lips. “If you asked me to sell one of my boys, maybe there would be a chance—but not my bird.” See more from this piece in Foreign Policy's September/October migration issue out now or read it on the web. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/12/the-things-they-carried-mosul-iraq-islamic-state/ #iraq #iraqis #conflict #isis #afterisis #war #civilians

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