44. Photographer
Ako Rasheed
Location
KIRKUK, Iraq
Reuters / Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Volunteers from different
nationalities who have joined the
Kurdish peshmerga forces to fight
against Islamic State militants,
gather with the Kurdish peshmerga
forces on the outskirts of Kirkuk,
Iraq February 28, 2016.
REUTERS/Ako Rasheed
March 01, 2016
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45. Photographer
Stringer .
Location
ANBAR, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, March
02, 2016
Members of the Hashid
Shaabi Shi'ite milita launches
a mortar round toward
Islamic State militant, west of
Samarra, in the desert of
Anbar, Iraq March 2, 2016.
REUTERS/Stringer
March 02, 2016
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46. A man reacts at the site of a bomb
attack at a checkpoint in the city of
Hillah, south of Baghdad, March 6,
2016.
ALAA AL-MARJANI / Reuters
March 06, 2016
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47. Photographer
XXSTRINGERXX xxxxx
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Monday,
March 07, 2016
A man stacks mortar
shells on a shelf inside
a mortar factory in
Iskandariya, south
Baghdad March 7,
2016. REUTERS/Khalid
al Mousily
March 07, 2016
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48. Photographer
Stringer .
Location
KIRKUK, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Children receive oxygen, after
suffering from choking, at a hospital
in Taza south of Kirkuk, March 9,
2016. More than 40 people suffered
partial choking and skin irritation in
northern Iraq when Islamic State fired
mortar shells and Katyusha rockets
filled with "poisonous substances"
into their village late on Tuesday,
local officials said. REUTERS/Stringer
March 09, 2016
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49. Supporters of Iraqi
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-
Sadr wave national flags
during a demonstration
calling for governmental
reform and elimination
of corruption on in
Baghdad's Tahrir
Square.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE /
AFP - Getty Images-11
March 11, 2016
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51. Photographer
Reuters TV
Location
ERBIL, Iraq
Reuters / Friday, March 18,
2016
An American man whose
driver's license identified him
as Kweis Mohammed Jamal
speaks during an interview with
Kurdish television, in this still
image from video taken on
March 16, 2016. The 26-year-
old American man who was
captured by Kurdish forces in
Iraq earlier this week, said he
had traveled from Turkey to
join Islamic State before
deciding to escape, according to
an interview with Kurdish
television on Thursday. ...more
March 18, 2016
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52. Photographer
Azad Lashkari
Location
MOSUL, Iraq
Reuters / Friday, March 25,
2016
Iraqi soldiers gather during
a military operation on the
outskirts of Makhmour,
south of Mosul, Iraq, March
25, 2016. REUTERS/Azad
Lashkari
March 25, 2016
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53. A rocket is fired from a rocket launcher outside Makhmour, about 75 km (47 miles) east of
Mosul, Iraq, Friday, March 25, 2016. An Iraqi military spokesman said Thursday that the long-
awaited military operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State
militants “has begun.” The spokesman for the Joint Military Command, Brig. Gen. Yahya
Rasool, said Iraqi forces have retaken several villages on the outskirts of the town of
Makhmour. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)
March 25, 2016
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54. Iraqi security forces fire at
Islamic State militants'
positions from south of the
Islamic State group-held city of
Mosul, on March 26. The Iraqi
military backed by U.S.-led
coalition aircraft on Thursday
launched a long-awaited
operation to recapture the
northern city of Mosul from
Islamic State militants, a
military spokesman said.
AP
March 26, 2016
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55. Photographer
Azad Lashkari
Location
MAKHMOUR, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, March 28, 2016
A displaced woman, who fled the violence
from Islamic State militants, is seen in
Makhmour area, southeast of Mosul, March
28, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
March 28, 2016
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56. Photographer
Azad Lashkari
Location
MAKHMOUR, Iraq
Reuters / Tuesday, March 29,
2016
A displaced woman carries
her child in a building that is
used as a temporary shelter
in Makhmour area,
southeast of Mosul, Iraq,
March 28, 2016.
REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
March 29, 2016
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57. Photographer
Ari Jalal
Location
ZAKHO, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, March
30, 2016
Female Kurdish Peshmerga
attend their graduation
ceremony at a police academy
in Zakho district of the Dohuk
Governorate of the Iraqi
Kurdistan province, Iraq,
March 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ari
Jalal
March 30, 2016
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58. Photographer
Osamah Waheeb
Location
HIT, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, April 02,
2016
Iraqi security forces stand with
an Islamic State flag which
they pulled down in the town
of Hit in Anbar province, April
2, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
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59. Photographer
Essam Al Sudani
Location
BASRA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, April 04,
2016
A member of the Iraqi security
forces walks at the site of a car
bomb attack in Basra April 4,
2016. REUTERS/Essam Al-
Sudani
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60. People flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic
State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday,
April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they
walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to
escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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61. People flee their homes during
clashes between Iraqi security
forces and Islamic State group in Hit,
85 miles (140 kilometers) west of
Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4,
2016. Families, many with small
children and elderly relatives say
they walked for hours Monday
through desert littered with
roadside bombs to escape airstrikes
and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid
Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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62. People flee their homes
during clashes between Iraqi
security forces and Islamic
State group in Hit, 85 miles
(140 kilometers) west of
Baghdad, Iraq, Monday,
April 4, 2016. Families, many
with small children and
elderly relatives say they
walked for hours Monday
through desert littered with
roadside bombs to escape
airstrikes and clashes. (AP
Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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63. Smoke rises as people flee their homes
during clashes between Iraqi security
forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85
miles (140 kilometers) west of
Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016.
Families, many with small children and
elderly relatives say they walked for
hours Monday through desert littered
with roadside bombs to escape
airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid
Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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64. A mother and her children
flee their homes during
clashes between Iraqi
security forces and Islamic
State group in Hit, 85 miles
(140 kilometers) west of
Baghdad, Iraq, Monday,
April 4, 2016. Families,
many with small children
and elderly relatives say
they walked for hours
Monday through desert
littered with roadside
bombs to escape airstrikes
and clashes. (AP
Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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65. A member of elite counter
terrorism forces helps
women and children fleeing
their homes during clashes
between Iraqi security forces
and Islamic State group in
Hit, 85 miles (140
kilometers) west of Baghdad,
Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016.
Families, many with small
children and elderly relatives
say they walked for hours
Monday through desert
littered with roadside bombs
to escape airstrikes and
clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid
Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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66. Iraqi women flee their homes during clashes
between Iraqi security forces and Islamic
State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers)
west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4,
2016. Families, many with small children
and elderly relatives say they walked for
hours Monday through desert littered with
roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and
clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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67. Elite counter terrorism forces transport women and children fleeing their homes
during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85
miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4, 2016. Families,
many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours
Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and
clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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68. People rest as they flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces
and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq,
Monday, April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives
say they walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs
to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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69. People flee their homes during clashes between Iraqi security forces and Islamic
State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday,
April 4, 2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they
walked for hours Monday through desert littered with roadside bombs to
escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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70. Iraq's elite counter terrorism forces
advance in Hit, 85 miles (140
kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq,
Monday, April 4, 2016. Iraqi forces say
they have entered the western Islamic
State group-held town of Hit Monday
after an operation to retake it was
relaunched last week. (AP
Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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71. Elite counter terrorism forces escort people fleeing
their homes during clashes between Iraqi security
forces and the Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140
kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4,
2016. Families, many with small children and elderly
relatives say they walked for hours Monday through
desert littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes
and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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72. A member of elite counter terrorism forces helps women and children fleeing their homes during clashes between
Iraqi security forces and Islamic State group in Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4,
2016. Families, many with small children and elderly relatives say they walked for hours Monday through desert
littered with roadside bombs to escape airstrikes and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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73. Iraq's elite counter
terrorism forces advance
in Hit, 85 miles (140
kilometers) west of
Baghdad, Iraq, Monday,
April 4, 2016. Iraqi forces
say they have entered the
western Islamic State
group-held town of Hit
Monday after an
operation to retake it was
relaunched last week. (AP
Photo/Khalid
Mohammed)
April 04 , 2016
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74. People flee their homes during
clashes between Iraqi security
forces and Islamic State group in
Hit, 85 miles (140 kilometers) west
of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 4,
2016. Families, many with small
children and elderly relatives say
they walked for hours Monday
through desert littered with
roadside bombs to escape airstrikes
and clashes. (AP Photo/Khalid
Mohammed)
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75. A counter-terrorism vehicle escorts
women and children fleeing their
homes in Hit on April 4.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
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76. A counter-terrorism officer helps a
woman during the exodus on April 4.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
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77. A mother and her child, who is
waving an Iraqi flag, walk on a
road. Smoke rises in the
background as the Iraqi forces
fight ISIS militants in Hit.
Iraqi troops, who had spent hours
clearing the territory before their
assault, instructed families not to
stray from the tire marks to avoid
explosives.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
April 04 , 2016
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78. Mourners and members of the Shiite
group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, or "League of
the Righteous," pray by the coffins of
seven of their colleagues who were
killed while supporting Iraqi security
forces battling Islamic State group in
Anbar, according to family, during their
funeral inside the Shiite holy shrine of
Imam Ali in Najaf, 100 miles (160
kilometers) south of Baghdad, Tuesday,
April. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
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79. In this Wednesday, April 3,
2013 photo, a statue from the
Kingdom of Nimrod from the
ninth century B.C. is displayed
at the Iraqi National Museum
in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP
Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi Museum Refuge
for Relics of the Past
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80. This Saturday, March 19,
2016 photo shows an
inaugural leaflet from the
grand opening of the Iraq
Museum on Nov. 9, 1966.
Established after WW1, the
country’ national museum
contains treasures from
Mesopotamian civilization.
Gertrude Bell of Britain
began collecting the artifacts
in a government building in
Baghdad in 1922 and
eventually became the
director of the museum. In
the chaos that arrived along
with U.S. troops in 2003,
many treasures were looted
or destroyed. More than a
decade late, the Islamic State
group has looted and
destroyed several ancient
sites in Iraq and Syria,
making the museum’s
preservation work even more
critical.(Iraq National
Museum via AP)
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81. A coin dating back to
the Umayyad era is
displayed at the Iraqi
National Museum in
Baghdad, Iraq,
Monday, April 4, 2013.
(AP Photo/Hadi
Mizban)
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82. A statue found in the Sun City of
Urban Civilization in Mosul is
displayed at the Iraqi National
Museum in Baghdad, Monday, April 4,
2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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83. Recovered antiquities are displayed at the
Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, Iraq on
Sunday, April 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid
Mohammed)
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84. In this Wednesday, April 3, 2013 photo, a panel composed of glazed
nicks showing in bas relief a lion, symbolizing Ishtar, the goddess of
love and war, from the Ishtar gate, Babylon dating to
Nabuchadnessar.(650-562.B.C.) is displayed at the Iraqi National
Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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85. In this March 1, 2015 photo, Aaman at Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad walks past two ancient Assyrian winged bull statues.
Islamic State militants “bulldozed” the renowned archaeological site of the ancient city of Nimrud in northern Iraq on Thursday,
March 5, 2015, using heavy military vehicles, the government said. Nimrud was the second capital of Assyria, an ancient
kingdom that began in about 900 B.C., partially in present-day Iraq, and became a great regional power. The city, which was
destroyed in 612 B.C., is located on the Tigris River just south of Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, which was captured by the
Islamic State group in June. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
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86. A guard looks up at an
Assyrian relief
sculpture inside Iraq’s
national museum, in
Baghdad, on Tuesday,
Nov. 24, 2009. (AP
Photo/Petros
Giannakouris)
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87. In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 2, 2013,
Alabaster figurines of mother – goddess tell
Es-Sawwan, belonging to the 6th millennium
B.C. is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum
in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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88. In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, a cosmetic container carved from
stone, found near Ur is displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad,
Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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89. In this picture taken on Tuesday, April 2,
2013, a carved stone Vessel found in the Ur
area from the early 3rd millennium B.C. is
displayed at the Iraqi National Museum in
Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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90. In this picture
taken on Tuesday,
April 2, 2013 a
limestone slab
showing in the
center the water
god, Ea, receiving a
minor deity, is
displayed at the
national museum
in Baghdad, Iraq.
(AP Photo/Hadi
Mizban)
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91. In this Monday, March 7,
2016 photo, Iraqis visit the
Assyrian Hall surrounded by
ancient artifacts of at the
Iraq National Museum in
Baghdad. After the
destruction wreaked on
archaeological sites by
Islamic State group, the
collections at the Iraq’s
National Museum in
Baghdad have become even
more important. It’s now
one of the places you can
find relics from ancient cities
that fell into the extremists’
hands. As many as 4,000
archaeological sites are still
under the domination of IS
and around 100 sites have
been destroyed, according to
Iraqi Culture Minister Firyad
Rwandzi. (AP Photo/Hadi
Mizban)
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92. This file photo taken on Monday, Sept. 15,
2014, shows a detail of a statue of Lamassu,
the great winged bull from the Assyrian
period displayed at the Iraq National
Museum in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi
Mizban)
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93. In this Sunday, March 13, 2016
photo, a detail of a figure at the
Assyrian Hall of the Iraq
National Museum Baghdad.
Assyria was a civilization
located near the modern-day
city of Mosul, now held by the
Islamic State group, who
published videos online
showing the destruction of key
Assyrian sites Nimrud and
Hatra along with many other
religious and cultural sites. (AP
Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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94. In this Sunday, March 13,
2016 photo, Iraqi workers
mop the floor at the
Assyrian Hall of the Iraq
National Museum Baghdad.
Assyria was a civilization
located near the modern-
day city of Mosul, now held
by the Islamic State group,
who published videos online
showing the destruction of
key Assyrian sites Nimrud
and Hatra along with many
other religious and cultural
sites. (AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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95. In this Sunday, March 13,
2016 photo, a detail of a
stone wall panel fo at the
Assyrian Hall of the Iraq
National Museum
Baghdad. Assyria was a
civilization located near
the modern-day city of
Mosul, now held by the
Islamic State group, who
published videos online
showing the destruction
of key Assyrian sites
Nimrud and Hatra along
with many other
religious and cultural
sites. (AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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96. In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, stone figures from the ancient site of
Hatra line a corridor of the Iraq National Museum the Iraqi capital. (AP
Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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97. In this Sunday, March 13, 2016 photo, two women visit the
Islamic Hall of the Iraq National Museum the Iraqi capital. Iraq
was home to some of the most important cities of early Islam
including Kufa and Karbala, and Baghdad was the capital of the
Abbasid Caliphate during its golden age in the 8th and 9th
centuries. The Islamic hall displays pieces of Islamic art and
architecture, including a burial casket of Imam Moussa Kadhim, a
major figure in Shiite Islam. Elaborate stonework from the Grand
Mosque in the northern city of Mosul, now under the Islamic
State group’s control, is also housed here.(AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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98. In this Wednesday, July 29, 2015
photo, an Assyrian artifact is
displayed at the Iraqi National
Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. After
the destruction wreaked on
archaeological sites by Islamic
State group, the collections at
the Iraq’s National Museum in
Baghdad have become even
more important. Itís now one of
the places you can find relics
from ancient cities that fell into
the extremists’ hands. (AP
Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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99. An Iraqi soldier inspects a
tunnel as he holds a
position on the frontline the
town of Kharbardan,
located 6 miles south of
Qayyarah, during military
operations to recapture the
northern Nineveh province
from Islamic State group's
jihadists. Iraqi army troops
and allied paramilitary
fighters on March 24
launched a major offensive
aimed at retaking the
northern Nineveh province,
the capital of which, Mosul,
is the main hub of IS in Iraq.
SAFIN HAMED / AFP - Getty
Images-09
April 9 , 2016
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100. Iraqi security forces and coalition
forces to mobilize the masses to
shoot toward the position of the
Islamic State group in the town of
Besher, in a military operation to
regain control of this small town,
outside the oil-rich city of Kirkuk,
290 km north of Baghdad, on April
10 , 2016.
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101. Photographer
Osamah Waheeb
Location
HIT, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, April
13, 2016
Civilians flee their homes to
head to safer areas due to
clashes between Iraqi
security forces and Islamic
State militants in the town
of Hit in Anbar province,
Iraq. REUTERS/Stringer
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102. People in their homes at the
time of the fighting between
Iraqi security forces and the
group the Islamic State in a
military campaign to regain
control of the city of Hit, 140
kilometers west of the
capital, Baghdad, Iraq, on
April 13, 2016.
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106. Photographer
Stringer .
Location
FALLUJAH, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, April
20, 2016
Shi'ite fighters fire a rocket
toward Islamic State militants
on the outskirts of Fallujah,
west of Baghdad.
REUTERS/Stringer
April 20 , 2016
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107. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
Kurdish gunmen climb the
house of a Shi'ite militiaman
during clashes in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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108. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
A Kurdish gunman looks at
Shi'ite militiamen positions
during clashes in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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109. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
A Kurdish gunman kicks a
door as he searches for
Shi'ite militiamen during
clashes in Tuz Khurmato,
Iraq. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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110. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
A Kurdish gunman stands
in front of burned vehicle
during clashes with Shi'ite
militia in Tuz Khurmato,
Iraq. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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111. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
An elderly Kurdish gunman takes down a
Shi'ite militia flag during clashes in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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112. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Kurdish gunman points his
weapon at a picture of Shi'ite
Imam Ali during clashes
between Shi'ite militiamen and
Kurdish gunmen in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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113. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Kurdish gunman runs across a
street in Tuz Khurmato during
clashes between Shi'ite militia and
Kurdish gunmen, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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114. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
Kurdish gunmen rest during
clashes with a Shi'ite militia
in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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115. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
A Kurdish gunman climbs a
house of a Shi'ite militiaman
during clashes in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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116. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
Kurdish gunmen hold their rifles in
front of the burning house of a Shi'ite
militiaman during clashes in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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117. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
Kurdish gunmen look at a
Shi'ite militiaman positions
during clashes in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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118. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
Kurdish gunmen run on a street
during clashes with Shi'ite militia
in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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119. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Kurdish gunman holds a AK-47
rifle in front of a Shi'ite militiaman
house during clashes Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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120. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
A Kurdish gunman looks at
Shi'ite militiamen positions
during clashes Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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121. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24,
2016
A Kurdish gunman runs for
cover during clashes with
Shi'ite militiamen in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
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122. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Kurdish gunman holds a AK-47 rifle in front of a
Shi'ite militiaman house during clashes Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
124. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Kurdish gunman walks in
front of burned vehicle during
clashes with Shi'ite militia in
Tuz Khurmato, Iraq.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
125. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Sunday, April 24, 2016
A Kurdish gunman uses a
hammer to open a hole in a wall
near Shi'ite militiamen positions
during clashes Tuz Khurmato,
Iraq. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 24 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
126. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Tuesday, April 26, 2016
An armed Kurdish man holds his rifle on
a Kurdish Peshmerga position in Tuz
Khurmato, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
April 26 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
127. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Tuesday, April 26, 2016
A Kurdish boy holds an AK-47 rifle
in a bakery shop in Tuz Khurmato,
Iraq. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 26 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
128. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TUZ KHURMATO, IRAQ
Reuters / Tuesday, April 26, 2016
A Sunni Arab family sits in a pick up
vehicle as they leave town of Tuz
Khurmato because of clashes
between Kurdish forces and Shi'ite
militia, Iraq. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
April 26 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
129. An Iraqi soldier holds his rifle in
an underground tunnel built by
Islamic State fighters in Har
Bardun, Iraq.
PHOTOS: Tunnel Network Used
by ISIS Uncovered in Iraq
Goran Tomasevic / Reuters
April 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
130. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
MAHANA, IRAQ
Reuters / Thursday, April 28,
2016
Iraqi soldiers look at a tunnel
built by Islamic State fighters
in a building destroyed by an
airstrike in the village of
Mahana, some 60 km south of
Mosul, Iraq, April 28, 2016.
REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
April 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
131. Iraqi, U.S. and Spanish soldiers
participate in a training mission
outside Baghdad. Khalid
Mohammed - AP
April 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
132. Iraqi protesters wave national
flags and shout slogans as
they head to the parliament
after breaking into Baghdad's
Green Zone.
Security forces responsible for
guarding the entrance to the
area were not able to stop the
demonstrators without
opening fire so they let them
in, the security source told
NBC News.
HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI /
AFP - Getty Images
April 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
133. An Iraqi protester flashes the
victory sign as he heads to
the parliament.
HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI /
AFP - Getty Images
April 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
134. Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada
al-Sadr wave Iraqi flags outside the
parliament.
The invasion of parliament by the
Sadrist protesters raises questions
over the future of Prime Minister
Haider al-Abadi, who has struggled to
impose a technocratic government to
tackle corruption.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
April 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
135. Jubilant supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr occupy
the main session hall.
HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI / AFP - Getty Images
April 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
136. Photographer
Ahmed Saad
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, April 30, 2016
Followers of Iraq's Shi'ite cleric
Moqtada al-Sadr are seen in the
parliament building after they
stormed Baghdad's Green Zone
after lawmakers failed to convene
for a vote on overhauling the
government, in Iraq April 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Ahmed Saad
April 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
137. Iraqi women walk past a damaged car following a
twin suicide bombing attack, claimed by the Islamic
State group, in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah,
situated deep in Iraq's Shiite heartland.
HAIDAR HAMDANI / AFP - Getty Images-01
May 1, 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
138. Iraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather in the parade grounds outside the
parliament the day after breaking into Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" after
lawmakers again failed to approve new ministers.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images-01May 1, 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
139. Shiite pilgrims gather at the holy shrine of the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim during the annual
commemoration of the saint's death in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 2, 2016. (AP Photo)
May 2, 2016
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140. Shia pilgrims carried a symbolic coffin in Shia
Muslim shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the
sacred when they gathered to celebrate the death
anniversary of this religious leader in Kadhimiyah
neighborhood, North of the capital, Baghdad,
Iraq.
May 3, 2016
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141. Photographer
Ahmed Jadallah
Location
NAWARAN, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May 04,
2016
Yazidi female fighter Asema Dahir
(L), 21, holds a weapon as she
rides a pickup truck during a
deployment near the frontline of
the fight against Islamic State
militants in Nawaran near Mosul,
Iraq, April 20, 2016. When Islamic
State swept into the northern
Iraqi town of Sinjar in 2014, a few
young Yazidi women took up arms
against the militants attacking
women and girls from their
community. REUTERS/Ahmed
Jadallah
May 4, 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
142. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
TEL ASQOF, IRAQ
Reuters / Wednesday, May
04, 2016
A Kurdish Peshmerga
fighter searches a house for
Islamic State militants in Tel
Asqof, northern Iraq, May 4,
2016. REUTERS/Goran
Tomasevic
May 4, 2016
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143. Photographer
Ahmed Jadallah
Location
NAWARAN, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May 04,
2016
Yazidi female fighter Asema Dahir,
21, adjusts her cap inside a
bedroom at a site near the frontline
of the fight against Islamic State
militants in Nawaran near Mosul,
Iraq April 20, 2016. When Islamic
State swept into the northern Iraqi
town of Sinjar in 2014, a few young
Yazidi women took up arms against
the militants attacking women and
girls from their community. The
killing and enslaving of thousands
from Iraq's minority...more
May 4, 2016
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144. Iraqi counterterrorism soldiers raise an Iraqi flag
on the ruins of a building near the provincial
council headquarters in Ramadi in this Dec. 27,
2015 photo, during the offensive that freed the
Iraqi city from nearly a year of rule by the Islamic
State group. Satellite photos show the price that
months of fighting wreaked on the city: More
than 3,000 buildings and nearly 400 roads and
bridges damaged or destroyed, with whole city
blocks wiped out in some cases, from airstrikes,
fighting or intentional destruction by the
militants. (AP Photo/Osama Sami)
Ramadi: A city destroyed
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145. Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition
warplanes in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in this Dec. 25, 2015 photo during the Iraqi government
offensive that drove the militants out of the city. Ramadi, the provincial capital of Iraqi’s
Sunni heartland, was declared “fully liberated” early this year. But the cost of victory may
have been the city itself, with widespread destruction from strikes, artillery and the militants’
scorched earth tactic of destroying buildings and infrastructure as they fled. (AP Photo)
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146. Jinat Ali, 7, left, and her sister Aya Ali, 5, pick their way through the rubble of their destroyed
home in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on April 3, 2016. Months after U.S.-based Iraqi
forces freed the city from the control of the Islamic State group, the vast majority of Ramadi’s
population of 1 million remain displaced after the extensive destruction wreaked on the city
during months of fighting. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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147. In this March 20, 2016 photo, Maj. Mohammed Hussein, an officer with Iraq’s elite
counterterrorism forces, shows a photo of a slain Islamic State group militant still wearing a
suicide vest, taken during fighting that freed the city of Ramadi from IS control earlier this
year. As they fled, the militants destroyed some buildings and booby-trapped others with
explosives, leaving behind an empty prize for government forces retaking the city. (AP
Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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148. Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions after an airstrike by U.S.-led coalition
warplanes in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in this Dec. 25, 2015 photo taken during the Iraqi
government offensive that drove the militants out of the city. During months of fighting, the
U.S.-led coalition dropped more than 600 bombs on the city, artillery pounded districts and
retreating militants unleashed a scorched earth policy destroying buildings – all contributing
to vast destruction. (AP Photo)
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149. Samira Ouda Faris, left, and Fawzia Khalil Brahim laugh and cry on March 21, 2016, as they
recount the day when they heard Iraqi forces had wrested control of their home city of
Ramadi from Islamic State group militants. The women and their families, including 11
children, live in a small tent in a camp for displaced people in the nearby town of
Habbaniyah. Nearly all of Ramadi’s population of 1 million remains displaced months after
the city’s recapture because of the vast destruction wreaked by months of fighting there. (AP
Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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150. Two buildings in Haji Ziad Square in
of the Iraqi city of Ramadi show
extensive damage in this March 20,
2016, photo, months after U.S.-
backed Iraqi forces freed the city
from the Islamic State group. More
than 3,000 buildings and nearly 400
roads and bridges were damaged or
destroyed, and whole city blocks
wiped out in some cases, by
airstrikes, fighting or intentional
destruction by the militants. The
massive destruction is forcing
officials from Iraq and the U.S.-led
coalition to rethink tactics as they
move to retake other cities from the
militants. (AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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151. An injured woman comforts
another as they wait for
treatment after clashes
between Iraqi forces and
Islamic State group extremists
in a village outside Ramadi, in
this March 9, 2016 photo.
Months after Iraqi troops
wrested control of Ramadi from
the militants, most of the city’s
population of 1 million remains
displaced, unable to return
because of continued fighting in
surrounding areas and massive
destruction. (AP Photo/Osama
Sami)
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152. Iraqi counterterrorism forces
drive past a ferris wheel in a
central district of Ramadi on
March 20, 2016. Months after
being wrested from the control
of the Islamic State group,
Ramadi remains devastated with
no running water or electricity,
entire residential blocks
destroyed and no clear picture
on when or how it can be
rebuilt. (AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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153. Combat boots lie in the dirt on March 20,
2016, in Ramadi, left behind after a battle
weeks earlier between Islamic State
group militants and Iraqi security forces.
As they fled Ramadi earlier this year, the
militants destroyed some buildings and
booby-trapped others with explosives in
a scorched earth tactic that left behind an
empty prize for government forces
retaking the city. (AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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154. Iraqi workers dig a trench for a new water pipe near Haji Ziad square in the center of Ramadi
on March 20, 2016. Months after the city was freed from Islamic State group control,
reconstruction has hardly begun in Ramadi, where entire city blocks were leveled and
infrastructure was smashed in months of fighting, illustrating the giant task Iraq will face as it
recaptures more cities from the extremists. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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155. A hotel on the shore of Iraq’s Lake
Habbaniya, shown in this March 21,
2016 photo, now shelters thousands of
families who fled the Islamic State
group in Anbar province, including the
provincial capital of Ramadi. Months
after Ramadi was retaken from the
militants, most of its 1 million
residents have not returned because of
the widespread destruction of their
homes, and some say their savings are
running out, leaving them dependent
on aid handouts. (AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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156. Hussein Jassim walks through the ruins of his house
in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on April 3, 2016, months
after the city was retaken from Islamic State group
control. More than 3,000 buildings were destroyed
and damaged in fighting or by scorched earth tactics
by the militants. For many residents, their homes
represented their entire life’s savings, and few have
the means to rebuild, presenting a massive
reconstruction task for an overburdened Iraqi
government. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
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157. Iraqi army Humvees race toward the front lines on the outskirts of Ramadi during heavy
clashes with Islamic State group militants in this Sept. 12, 2015, photo. The fighting
eventually led to the recapture of the city from the extremists. After the massive destruction
wreaked on Ramadi, Iraqi and coalition officials are rethinking tactics as they prepare for an
assault to retake the biggest IS-held prize, the northern city of Mosul. (AP Photo)
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158. A stairwell at the library of
the University of Anbar in
the Iraqi city of Ramadi
shows heavy damage in this
March 20, 2016 photo. The
campus served as
headquarters for the Islamic
State group before Iraqi
forces retook the city earlier
this year. As they retreated,
the militants set fires in
some university buildings
and blew up others. (AP
Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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159. A family house lies in ruins in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on March 20, 2016, weeks after the city
was retaken from the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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160. Books lie strewn around the
library of the University of Anbar
in the Iraqi city of Ramadi in this
March 20, 2016 photo. The
campus served as headquarters
for the Islamic State group
before Iraqi forces retook the
city earlier this year. As they
retreated, the militants set fires
in some university buildings and
blew up others, part of a
scorched earth campaign that
contributed to the massive
destruction in the city. (AP
Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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161. A member of Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism forces walks through the library of the University
of Anbar in the city of Ramadi on March 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
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162. Policemen ride a motorbike near
Haji Ziad Square in the city of
Ramadi, Iraq, on March 20, 2016,
passing rubble that remains
weeks after government forces
retook the city from Islamic State
group militants. Entire city blocks
were leveled by fighting,
airstrikes and the scorched earth
campaign waged by militants as
they fled. “All they leave is
rubble,” one counterterrorism
officer said. (AP Photo/Maya
Alleruzzo)
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163. Photographer
Wissm Al-Okili
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May
11, 2016
People gather at the scene
of a car bomb attack in
Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite
district of Sadr City, Iraq,
May 11, 2016.
REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
164. Photographer
Wissm Al-Okili
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May
11, 2016
People gather at the scene of
a car bomb attack in
Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite
district of Sadr City, Iraq, May
11, 2016. REUTERS/Wissm al-
Okili
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
165. Photographer
Wissm Al-Okili
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May 11,
2016
People gather at the scene of a
car bomb attack in Baghdad's
mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr
City, Iraq, May 11, 2016.
REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
166. Photographer
Wissm Al-Okili
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May
11, 2016
People gather at the scene
of a car bomb attack in
Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite
district of Sadr City, Iraq,
May 11, 2016.
REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
167. Photographer
Wissm Al-Okili
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May
11, 2016
People gather at the scene of
a car bomb attack in
Baghdad's mainly Shi'ite
district of Sadr City, Iraq, May
11, 2016. REUTERS/Wissm al-
Okili
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
168. Photographer
Wissm Al-Okili
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday,
May 11, 2016
People gather at the
scene of a car bomb
attack in Baghdad's
mainly Shi'ite district of
Sadr City, Iraq, May 11,
2016. REUTERS/Wissm
al-Okili
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
169. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
UMM AL-DHIBAN, IRAQ
Reuters / Wednesday, May 11,
2016
Members of the Sinjar Resistance
Units (YBS), a militia affiliated
with the Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK), sit with an Arab tribal
fighter (L) in a house in the village
of Umm al-Dhiban, northern Iraq,
April 30, 2016. They share little
more than an enemy and struggle
to communicate on the
battlefield, but together two
relatively obscure groups have
opened up a new front against
Islamic State militants in a remote
corner of Iraq....more
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
170. Photographer
Goran Tomasevic
Location
UMM AL-DHIBAN, IRAQ
Reuters / Wednesday, May 11,
2016
Members of the Sinjar Resistance
Units (YBS), a militia affiliated
with the Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK), stand in the village of Umm
al-Dhiban, northern Iraq, April 29,
2016. They share little more than
an enemy and struggle to
communicate on the battlefield,
but together two relatively
obscure groups have opened up a
new front against Islamic State
militants in a remote corner of
Iraq. The unlikely alliance between
the Sinjar...more
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
171. Photographer
Wissm Al-Okili
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Wednesday, May 11, 2016
A woman reacts at the scene of a
car bomb attack in Baghdad's
mainly Shi'ite district of Sadr City,
Iraq, May 11, 2016.
REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili
May 11 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
172. Photographer
Khalid Al Mousily
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Tuesday, May 17, 2016
People gather at the site of a car
bomb attack in Baghdad's mainly
Shi'ite district of Sadr City, Iraq, May
17, 2016. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
May 17 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
173. A member of the Iraqi forces mounts a
gun atop a vehicle as they gather on the
outskirts of Fallujah on May 22.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images
May 22 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
174. IRAQI FORCES BATTLE TO RECAPTURE FALLUJAH FROM ISIS
Iraqi pro-government forces
advance towards Fallujah on
May 23.
Fallujah, a longtime bastion of
Sunni Muslim jihadists about 30
miles from Baghdad, was the
first city to fall to ISIS militants in
January 2014.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
175. Iraqi pro-government forces advance
towards the city of Fallujah as part of
a major assault to retake the city
from Islamic State group.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images23
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
176. Iraqi forces get ready for the
operation of retaking Fallujah, on May
23.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
177. Iraqi soldiers move towards Fallujah on May
23.
Pro-government forces have surrounded
Fallujah since last year, but they focused
most combat operations on ISIS-held
territories further west and north.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty Images
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
178. Iraqi forces on the move during the
operation on May 23.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
179. An Iraqi soldier watches as smoke
billows in the background during the
operation of retaking Fallujah on May
23.
Federal police battalion commander,
1st Lt. Ahmed Mahdi Salih, said
ground fighting was taking place
around the town of Garma, east of
Fallujah, which is considered the main
supply line for the militants.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 23 2016
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180. THE BATTLE FOR FALLUJA
Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
Fighters from Iraqi Shiite group
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada gather near
Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
181. Photographer
Stringer .
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
Shi'ite fighters forces launch a rocket
towards Islamic State militants on
the outskirts Falluja, Iraq, May 23,
2016. REUTERS/Stringer
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
182. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
A fighter from Iraqi Shiite group Kataib
Sayyid al-Shuhada takes a break at a
site near the frontline of the fight
against Islamic State militants near
Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
184. Photographer
Stringer .
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
Shi'ite fighters with Iraqi security forces
gather on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq,
May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
185. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
A fighter from Iraqi Shiite group
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada walks
near Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
186. Photographer
Stringer .
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
Vehicles of the Iraqi security
forces are seen on the outskirts
of Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Stringer
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
187. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
Fighters from Iraqi Shiite group
Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada gather near
Falluja, Iraq, May 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
188. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23,
2016
Fighters from Iraqi Shiite
group Kataib Sayyid al-
Shuhada gather near Falluja,
Iraq, May 23, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
189. Photographer
Stringer .
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 23, 2016
A member from the Iraqi security
forces stands on a tank on the
outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May 23,
2016. REUTERS/Stringer
May 23 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
191. Iraqi Federal police covered in dust arrive to join the forces surrounding Fallujah, 40 miles (65
kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 24, 2016. Clashes between Iraqi government
forces and the Islamic State group outside the city of Fallujah briefly subsided on Tuesday,
the second day of a large-scale military operation to drive militants out of their key
stronghold west of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Rwa Faisal)
May 24 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
199. .
Iraqi pro-government forces fire an
anti-tank cannon near al-Sejar village,
northeast of Fallujah, on May 25 as
they take part in a major assault to
retake the city from ISIS. Fallujah was
the site of two bloody battles against
U.S. forces in 2004.
AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP - Getty
Images
May 25 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
200. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016
Shi'ite fighters hold an Islamic State
flag which they pulled down as they
celebrate victory in the town of
Garma, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 26 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
201. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday, May 26,
2016
Iraqi security forces inspect a
destroyed vehicle belonging to
Islamic State militants in the
town of Garma.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 26 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
203. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday, May 26, 2016
Iraqi shi'ite fighters hold Iraqi flags as
they celebrate victory in the town of
Garma. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 26 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
204. Photographer
Osamah Waheeb
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Thursday, May 26,
2016
Children who fled their homes
due to the clashes in Falluja,
pose for the photographer on
the outskirts of Falluja.
REUTERS/Stringer
May 26 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
205. A lone protester stands in a
square cleared by tear gas fired
by security forces in central
Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 27,
2016. Thousands of protesters
including followers of influential
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr
took to the streets and rallied
calling for comprehensive
reforms and a new technocrat
reshuffle. Dozens of
demonstrators suffered from tear
gas inhalation. (AP Photo/Hadi
Mizban)
May 27 , 2016
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206. Iraqi families fled to the village
of al-Anbar province from the
city at Sejar Fallujah, on 27-5-
2016.
May 27 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
207. Smoke rises from Islamic State group positions at
the front line during fight against Islamic State
outside Fallujah, Iraq. Days into an Iraqi military
operation to push Islamic State fighters out of
Fallujah, residents still inside the city are
preparing for a long battle, with some saying
they fear being trapped between two forces they
don't fully trust.
Khalid Mohammed / AP
May 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
208. INSIDE THE TUNNELS OF ISLAMIC STATE
Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28,
2016
A fighter from the Iraqi
Shi'ite Badr Organization
holds his rifle in an
underground tunnel built by
Islamic State fighters on the
outskirts of Falluja, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
210. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28,
2016
A fighter from the Iraqi Shi'ite
Badr Organization holds his
rifle as he look a tunnel built
by Islamic State fighters on
the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
211. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May
28, 2016
Fighters from the Iraqi
Shi'ite Badr Organization
stand near a tunnel built
by Islamic State fighters
on the outskirts of Falluja,
Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
212. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28,
2016
Fighters from the Iraqi Shi'ite
Badr Organization look at a
tunnel built by Islamic State
fighters on the outskirts of
Falluja, Iraq. REUTERS/Thaier
Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
213. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May
28, 2016
A fighter from the Iraqi
Shi'ite Badr
Organization holds his
rifle in an underground
tunnel built by Islamic
State fighters on the
outskirts of Falluja, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
214. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Saturday, May 28, 2016
Fighters from the Iraqi Shi'ite Badr
Organization walk past a poster depicting
images of former Iraqi President Saddam
Hussein on the outskirts of Falluja, Iraq, May
28, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 28 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
215. Photographer
Alaa Al-Marjani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Sunday, May 29, 2016
Shi'ite fighters take a selfie while
firing artillery towards Islamic
State militants near Falluja, Iraq,
May 29, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-
Marjani
May 29 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
216. A member of the Iraqi security forces
fires artillery during clashes with ISIS
militants near Fallujah, Iraq.
ALAA AL-MARJANI / Reuters
May 29 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
217. Photographer
Azad Lashkari
Location
MOSUL, Iraq
Reuters / Sunday, May 29, 2016
Kurdish Peshmerga forces inspect
a wounded soldier in a village east
of Mosul, Iraq, May 29, 2016.
REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
May 29 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
218. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30,
2016
An Iraq girl who has fled
home due to the clashes on
the outskirts of Falluja, gather
in the town of Garma, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
219. Photographer
Khalid Al Mousily
Location
BAGHDAD, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30,
2016
An Iraqi security vehicle is
pictured through a shattered
windshield of a vehicle
damaged at the site of a
bomb attack in Baghdad's
northern Shaab Shi'ite
district, Iraq.
REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
220. BATTLE FOR FALLUJA
Photographer
Alaa Al-Marjani
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30,
2016
Iraqi security forces
members gesture near
Falluja, Iraq, May 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
222. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes due to
clashes on the outskirts of Falluja,
gather in the town of Garma, Iraq,
May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
223. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30,
2016
Civilians who fled their homes
due to the clashes on the
outskirts of Falluja, gather in the
town of Garma, Iraq, May 30,
2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
228. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes due to
the clashes on the outskirts of Falluja,
gather in the town of Garma, Iraq,
May 30, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-
Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
229. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes
due to clashes on the outskirts of
Falluja, gather in the town of
Garma, Iraq, May 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
230. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes due to
clashes on the outskirts of Falluja,
gather in the town of Garma, Iraq.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
231. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians who fled their homes
due to the clashes on the
outskirts of Falluja, gather in the
town of Garma, Iraq, May 30,
2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
232. Photographer
Thaier Al-Sudani
Location
GARMA, Iraq
Reuters / Monday, May 30, 2016
Civilians, who fled their homes
due to the clashes on the
outskirts of Falluja, gather in the
town of Garma May 30, 2016.
REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
May 30 , 2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review
233. Photographer
Osamah Waheeb
Location
FALLUJA, Iraq
Reuters / Tuesday, May 31,
2016
A member of Iraqi security
forces takes his position with
his weapon in Falluja, Iraq,
May 31, 2016.
REUTERS/Stringer
May 31 , 2016
THE END
IRAQ – 2016 in Review – Part I
2016
IRAQ - 2016 in review