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Kurdish forces vow no retreat until Nineveh plains are retaken from Isis - for The Guardian

October 24, 2016 in tearsheets

Work covering the Peshmerga advance towards ISIS controlled Mosul for The Guardian. Read the article here.

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Tags: Iraq, Mosul, photography, photojournalism, photojournalist, war, conflict, peshmerga, iraqi, kurds, kurdistan
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Two men carry sick and injured children to safety through the rubble of a street in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq on June 24, 2017. (© UNHCR/Cengiz Yar) #Iraq #Iraqi #ISIS #battleformosul #conflict #civilians #displacement
Halan helps her injured daughter Khalida flee Mosul, Iraq on June 25, 2017. (© UNHCR/Cengiz Yar) #Iraq #Iraqi #ISIS #battleformosul #conflict #civilians #displacement
First Sgt. Desmond Crayton, Sgt. Steven Gatley and First Lt. Nicholas Maynes of the U.S. Army work at a command center in Mosul, Iraq on June 15, 2017. (Cengiz Yar for @wsjphotos) Read @ben.kesling's story on U.S. involvement in the battle for Mosul and how Iraqis are using drones in the fight through the link in my bio. #Iraq #Iraqi #ISIS #battleformosul #afterisis #US #USarmy #army #usmilitary
A U.S. helicopter flying past west Mosul, Iraq on June 15, 2017. (Cengiz Yar for @wsjphotos) Read @ben.kesling's story on U.S. involvement in the battle for Mosul and how Iraqis are using drones in the fight. https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraqis-deploy-drones-to-target-isis-in-mosul-battle-1497951006 #Iraq #Iraqi #ISIS #battleformosul #afterisis #US #USarmy #army #usmilitary
A U.S. convoy driving through west Mosul, Iraq on June 15, 2017. (Cengiz Yar for @wsjphotos) Read @ben.kesling's story on U.S. involvement in the battle for Mosul and how Iraqis are using drones in the fight. https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraqis-deploy-drones-to-target-isis-in-mosul-battle-1497951006 #Iraq #Iraqi #ISIS #battleformosul #afterisis #US #USarmy #army #usmilitary
Saleh Saleh, 12, sits in a rehabilitation room at an @icrc orthopedic center in Erbil, Iraq on May 16, 2017. Saleh lost his left leg and arm after stepping on an explosive device. He received a prosthetic leg from ICRC and is at the clinic relearning how to walk. @icrc_iraq #Iraq #iraqis #conflict #rebuildinglives #icrc #idps #civilians #children
my thoughts are with every father fighting to keep their family safe this year
Relatives carry the corpse of Enas Qasim through a cemetery in west Mosul, Iraq on May 23, 2017. Enas and her husband Abdullah Sharif both died after being shot trying to flee ISIS held areas. (Cengiz Yar for The Wall Street Journal @wsjphotos) #mosul #iraq #east #west #war #ISIS #divide #wsj #wsjphotos #journalism #photography #conflict #afterisis #iraqis
Buckle up. Chopper rides with @ben.kesling for @wsjphotos. #battleformosul
People walk along the main corridor of Nabi Yunus Market on the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq on May 22, 2017. (Cengiz Yar for The Wall Street Journal) See the link in my bio to read more about how life is returning to parts of the city. #Iraq #Iraqi #ISIS #battleformosul #conflict #dailylife #afterisis

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