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Distro - Mosul. When The Birds Will Fly Again 

Nanna Heitmann 

In October, 2016, the military offensive to retake the city from the Islamic State began. After almost three years under the control of the IS, Mosul, once the country’s second largest city, had lost most of its population as people fled the occupation, the law of terror and persecution. The offensive lasted nine months; every street and house was visited and secured. As time went on, the front line shifted. With thousands of Iraqis wounded or killed and more than a million displaced, this urban battle remains one of the deadliest since the Second World War. At the height of the battle to retake... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. The prosthesis of Nadhim Dabagh's... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. Noor Ibrahim, a newborn, in the... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. A newborn baby at MSF Nablus... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. Midwife supervisor Kazal with... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. A checkup on a woman who just... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. In the waiting room of MSF’s... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. Kazal together with her son in... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 17 September 2021. Amusement park. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 13 September 2021. Ruins in the Old City. 

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IRAQ. Mosul.17 September 2021. Politician Basma Baseem at her... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 13 September 2021. Ruins in the Old City. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 13 September 2021. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 13 September 2021. A wedding. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 14 September 2021. The ruins of Al-Tahira church,... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. Caesarean surgery in MSF Nablus... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 15 September 2021. Electricity lines at the entrance... 

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IRAQ. Bakhdida. 14 September 2021. Men, women and children celebrate... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. Exams at the University of Mosul.... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. Bab al-Jadid bird market. When... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. Pigeon breeder Sail Aboud Mhedi... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. The Old City of Mosul in ruins.... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 15 September 2021. Newborn in Nablus Maternity Hospital.... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 15 September 2021. In the maternity ward of MSF’s... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 14 September 2021. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 14 September 2021. The Old City of Mosul in ruins.... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. Chicks at a bird market. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. Khaola with her baby Mahmod,... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 14 September 2021. The Old City of Mosul in ruins.... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 16 September 2021. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 15 September 2021. MSF’s Nablus hospital. Sisters... 
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