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Distro - Battle for Mosul 

Peter van Agtmael 

In October 2016 Iraqi and Peshmerga forces began an offensive to retake the major northern city of Mosul, which had been seized by ISIL in June 2014. They were met by serious resistance from ISIL, who would not be eliminated from the area until July, 2017. During nearly nine months of intense fighting civilians were caught in the middle resulting in thousands of noncombatant fatalities and one million being displaced.
In April 2017, Peter van Agtmael returned to Iraq to cover the ongoing fight for The New York Times Magazine. 

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IRAQ. 2017. On the road to Mosul. 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. The partially destroyed town of Bashiqa... 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. The partially destroyed town of Bashiqa... 

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IRAQ. Qaraqosh. 2017. People leave after Easter Mass at St. George's... 

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Iraq. Qaraqosh. 2017. The first Easter in Qaraqosh, Iraq, after... 

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IRAQ. Qaraqosh. 2017. Ruins of a church destroyed by ISIS in... 

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IRAQ. Qaraqosh. 2017. A church burned and smashed by ISIS. 

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IRAQ. Qaraqosh. 2017. A Christian woman after visiting the graves... 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. Destroyed portrait of Jesus in a church... 

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IRAQ. 2017. Islamic State Forever- Forever Because it Started... 

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IRAQ. 2017. Explosive recipe on the wall of an ISIS explosives... 

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IRAQ. Karamless. 2017. Bomb making materials in an ISIS explosives... 

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IRAQ. Qaraqosh. 2017. A half built ISIS suicide vehicle in a... 

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IRAQ. Bartella. 2017. The skeleton of an ISIS fighter locals... 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. A repainted wall with bullet holes in Bashiqa.... 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. Emplacement at the Kurdish frontline. 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. Peshmerga fill sandbags at the Kurdish frontline.... 

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Iraq. Bashiqa. 2017. A Kurdish Peshmerga poses in a hole smashed... 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. PKK checkpoint in Bashiqa. 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. A peshmerga fighter covers his nose to the... 

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IRAQ. Qaraqosh. 2017. An Iraqi soldier stands guard at Easter... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Iraqi CTS General Abdulwahab Saadi photographed... 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. Portrait of a Peshmerga fighter. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. American Army Specialist Pollidore on a fire... 

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Iraq. Mosul. 2016. A sunburned American artilleryman at a firebase... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Picture of a sweetheart in living quarters... 

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Iraq. Mosul. 2017. Mail call at an American artillery base in... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. An American artillery crew from the 82nd Airborne... 

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IRAQ. Hamam Al Alil. 2017. Evacuees arriving at an IDP camp for... 

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IRAQ. Hamam Al Alil. 2017. An IDP camp for 24,000 just south... 

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IRAQ. Hamam Al Alil. 2017. Evacuees arriving at an IDP camp for... 

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IRAQ. Hamam Al Alil. 2017. Evacuees arriving at an IDP camp for... 

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IRAQ. 2017. Iraqis fleeing Mosul disembark local ferry boats... 

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IRAQ. 2017. Iraqis fleeing Mosul disembark local ferry boats... 

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IRAQ. Al Khazer. 2017. Impromptu barber set up at the Al-Khazer... 

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IRAQ. Hamam Al Alil. 2017. An IDP camp for 24,000 just south... 

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IRAQ. Hamam Al Alil. 2017. Evacuees arriving at an IDP camp for... 

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IRAQ. Karamless. 2017. An Iraqi boy with a toy gun. 

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IRAQ. Bashiqa. 2017. A portrait of a young Yazidi girl. 

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IRAQ. Al Khazer. 2017. 2017. The Al-Khazer IDP camp set up for... 

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IRAQ. Al Khazer. 2017. The Al-Khazer IDP camp set up for civilians... 

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IRAQ. Al Khazer. 2017. 2017. The Al-Khazer IDP camp set up for... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Cartoon characters defaced and shot outside... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Administrators survey the ruins of Mosul University... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Destroyed West Mosul. 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Staff and students clean up Mosul University... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. A burned classroom in Mosul University. I’d... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. ISIS sleeping quarters in a stairwell by the... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. Abu Loy, the father of an ISIS fighter. 
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Iraq. Erbil. 2017. Adnan Thanon Younis, 53 years old, was blinded... 

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IRAQ (Kurdistan). Erbil. 2017. The EMERGENCY NGO hospital in... 

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IRAQ. Mosul. 2017. A child who lost her leg to a rocket at an... 

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IRAQ (Kurdistan). Erbil. 2017. The EMERGENCY NGO hospital in... 

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IRAQ (Kurdistan). Erbil. 2017. The EMERGENCY NGO hospital in... 

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IRAQ (Kurdistan). Erbil. 2017. The EMERGENCY NGO hospital in... 

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IRAQ. Erbil. 2017. A rehabilitation facility for civilians and... 

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IRAQ (Kurdistan). Erbil. 2017. The wedding of a Syrian-Kurdish... 
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