Please note that the poems and essays on this site are copyright and may not be reproduced without the author's permission.


Saturday 4 March 2017

War Dogs of Mosul: advance into and exodus from the Inferno

.


 #Iraq. 28.000 people flee #mosul the last 10 days as the Iraqi troops fight against IS fighters. #MosulOffensive #MosulOps: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 March 2017



 #Iraq. 28.000 people flee #mosul the last 10 days as the Iraqi troops fight against IS fighters. #MosulOffensive #MosulOps: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 March 2017



 #Iraq. 28.000 people flee #mosul the last 10 days as the Iraqi troops fight against IS fighters. #MosulOffensive #MosulOps: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 March 2017



 #Iraq. 28.000 people flee #mosul the last 10 days as the Iraqi troops fight against IS fighters. #MosulOffensive #MosulOps
: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 3 March 2017


 
Displaced residents of #mosul evacuate the city as the Iraqi troops fight with IS fighters. #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 March 2017
 

 
Displaced residents of #mosul evacuate the city as the Iraqi troops fight with IS fighters. #MosulOffensive:: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 1 March 2017 
 


 Hundreds of civilians flee through the desert to escape fighting against jihadists in the #MosulOffensive area Photo @ArisMessinis: image via AFP Photo, 28 February 2017



Hundreds of civilians flee through the desert to escape fighting against jihadists in the #MosulOffensive area Photo @ArisMessinis: image via AFP Photo, 28 February 2017



Hundreds of civilians flee through the desert to escape fighting against jihadists in the #MosulOffensive area Photo @ArisMessinis: image via AFP Photo, 28 February 2017


Hundreds of civilians flee through the desert to escape fighting against jihadists in the #MosulOffensive area Photo @ArisMessinis: image via AFP Photo, 28 February 2017



#Iraq. Displaced from #mosul #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 25 February 2017

 

#Iraq. Iraqi troops keep fighting IS fighters as they continue advancing in #mosul #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 27 February 2017


#Iraq 26/2/2017. Iraqi troops keep advancing in #mosul #MosulOps #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 26 February 2017


#Iraq 26/2/2017. Iraqi troops keep advancing in #mosul #MosulOps #MosulOffensive
: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 26 February 2017


#Iraq 26/2/2017. Iraqi troops keep advancing in
#mosul #MosulOps #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 26 February 2017



#Iraq 26/2/2017. Iraqi troops keep advancing in
#mosul #MosulOps #MosulOffensive: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 26 February 2017



A mortar thrown by ISIS fighters lands near a vehicle belonging to Iraq's elite Rapid Response Division during the assault to retake the northern city of Mosul, as Iraqi forces continue the offensive to retake the city's western half on February 25, 2017. The west bank of Mosul is where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi made his only public appearance as ISIS leader in July of 2014 and proclaimed a "caliphate", which at its greatest extent controlled a third of Iraq, but after more than two years of a government fightback it has become the last major jihadist bastion in the country.: photo by Aris Messinis/AFP, 25 February 2017  
  

The fight goes on in #mosul as the Iraqi troops advance in the city. #MosulOps
: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 25 February 2017

 

The fight goes on in #mosul as the Iraqi troops advance in the city. #MosulOps: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 25 February 2017



The fight goes on in #mosul as the Iraqi troops advance in the city. #MosulOps: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 25 February 2017



The fight goes on in #mosul as the Iraqi troops advance in the city. #MosulOps: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 25 February 2017


#Iraq. Iraqi troops advance in the city of #mosul #MosulOffensive 24/2/17
: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 24 February 2017


#Iraq. Iraqi troops advance in the city of #mosul #MosulOffensive 24/2/17
: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 24 February 2017


#Iraq. Iraqi troops advance in the city of #mosul #MosulOffensive 24/2/17
: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 24 February 2017



#Iraq. Iraqi troops advance in the city of #mosul #MosulOffensive 24/2/17
: image via Aris Messinis @ArisMessinis, 24 February 2017

 
Near Mosul Photo by @ArisMessinis #AFP: image via Kaycee Nightfire @KcNightfire, 3 March 2017

Displaced Iraqis flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 25. 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Displaced Iraqis flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 25. 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 25 February 2017

Iraqi special forces arrest a suspected Islamic State militant in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 25. 2017.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi special forces arrest a suspected Islamic State militant in Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 25. 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 25 February 2017

Iraqi police forces fire from a humvee at Islamic State positions from a hill side outside the town of Abu Saif, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi police forces fire from a humvee at Islamic State positions from a hill side outside the town of Abu Saif, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 20 February 2017

A child with severe burns, from scalding water, cries out in pain as a medic cleans his wounds at a hospital in the Zahra neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Doctors in the small clinic in eastern Mosul say that since the operation to retake the city began months ago, they've only received intermittent deliveries of supplies. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

A child with severe burns, from scalding water, cries out in pain as a medic cleans his wounds at a hospital in the Zahra neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Doctors in the small clinic in eastern Mosul say that since the operation to retake the city began months ago, they've only received intermittent deliveries of supplies.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 14 February 2017

An Iraqi Federal policeman gives water to one of two handcuffed suspected Islamic State militants after they were arrested inside their home on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 27. 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

An Iraqi Federal policeman gives water to one of two handcuffed suspected Islamic State militants after they were arrested inside their home on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 27. 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 27 February 2017

An Iraqi soldier distribute cigarettes, which were banned by Islamic State militants, to displaced men who fled their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and militants as they wait for a security check at an Iraqi Army base, west of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 26. 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

An Iraqi soldier distribute cigarettes, which were banned by Islamic State militants, to displaced men who fled their homes due to fighting between Iraqi security forces and militants as they wait for a security check at an Iraqi Army base, west of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 26. 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 26 February 2017

A civilian kisses a federal police officer after escaping Islamic State territory in the town of Abu Saif, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Iraqi forces advanced into the southern outskirts of Mosul in a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half, as the visiting U.S. defense secretary met with officials to discuss the fight against the extremists.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

A civilian kisses a federal police officer after escaping Islamic State territory in the town of Abu Saif, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Iraqi forces advanced into the southern outskirts of Mosul in a push to drive Islamic State militants from the city's western half, as the visiting U.S. defense secretary met with officials to discuss the fight against the extremists.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 21 February 2017

Displaced Iraqis flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 2017.(AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Displaced Iraqis flee their homes due to fighting between Iraqi special forces and Islamic State militants, on the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 23 February 2017

Hussein Zeino Danoon and Shahad Ahmed Abed arrive at the Khazer camp for people displaced from Mosul for their wedding on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. It's the second marriage to take place in the IDP camps east of the city where tens of thousands are living, having fled the fighting in Mosul. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Hussein Zeino Danoon and Shahad Ahmed Abed arrive at the Khazer camp for people displaced from Mosul for their wedding on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. It's the second marriage to take place in the IDP camps east of the city where tens of thousands are living, having fled the fighting in Mosul.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 16 February 2017

Safana Hamad, a displaced Iraqi mother, holds her daughter  Manar's doll and jacket while mourning over her body, after the four-year-old was killed in an Islamic State mortar attack while trying to flee fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2027. (AP Photo/Susannah George)

Safana Hamad, a displaced Iraqi mother, holds her daughter Manar's doll and jacket while mourning over her body, after the four-year-old was killed in an Islamic State mortar attack while trying to flee fighting between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, in western Mosul, Iraq on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017.: photo by Susannah George/AP, 26 February 2017

Family members grieve over the body of their father Ahmed Ayad who was killed by Islamic State mortar attack as they tried to flee the fight between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, in the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 26. 2017. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Family members grieve over the body of their father Ahmed Ayad who was killed by Islamic State mortar attack as they tried to flee the fight between Iraqi security forces and Islamic State militants, in the western side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 26. 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 26 February 2017

A boy, who was wounded by shrapnel from a mortar fired by Islamic State militants, cries as he is treated by doctors at a clinic in the Zahra district in Mosul, Iraq on Monday, Feb. 16, 2017. Doctors say they receive dozens of people every day wounded from incoming mortars fired from west Mosul to the liberated eastern part. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

A boy, who was wounded by shrapnel from a mortar fired by Islamic State militants, cries as he is treated by doctors at a clinic in the Zahra district in Mosul, Iraq on Monday, Feb. 16, 2017. Doctors say they receive dozens of people every day wounded from incoming mortars fired from west Mosul to the liberated eastern part.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 16 February 2017 

Western and Iraqi paramedics give first aid to a civilian, injured by Islamic State militant mortars, in western Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 26. 2017.(AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Western and Iraqi paramedics give first aid to a civilian, injured by Islamic State militant mortars, in western Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 26. 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 26 February 2017 

Iraqi security officers place a suspected Islamic State group member into the back of a waiting pickup truck, in east Mosul on Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/John Beck)

Iraqi security officers place a suspected Islamic State group member into the back of a waiting pickup truck, in east Mosul on Feb. 21, 2017.: photo by John Beck/AP, 21 February 2017

A civilian who escaped Islamic State territory phones his family he left behind, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 in Abu Saif, Iraq.(AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

A civilian who escaped Islamic State territory phones his family he left behind, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 in Abu Saif, Iraq.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 21 February 2017 

A child passes a broken window, damaged by fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, while Mosul residents play soccer in the background on Feb. 7, 2017. After months of fighting, Mosul residents can finally practice their favorite game again at the soccer field in the eastern part of the city—and this time without the changes imposed by Islamic State militants. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

A child passes a broken window, damaged by fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants, while Mosul residents play soccer in the background on Feb. 7, 2017. After months of fighting, Mosul residents can finally practice their favorite game again at the soccer field in the eastern part of the city—and this time without the changes imposed by Islamic State militants.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 7 February 2017

Smoke rises Iraqi security forces deploy inside Mosul's international airport, Iraq, Feb. 24. 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Smoke rises Iraqi security forces deploy inside Mosul's international airport, Iraq, Feb. 24. 2017.: photo by Khalid Mohammed/AP, 24 February 2017

An Iraqi army helicopter fires at Islamic State militant positions outside the town of Abu Saif, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

An Iraqi army helicopter fires at Islamic State militant positions outside the town of Abu Saif, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017.: photo by Bram Janssen/AP, 20 February 2017

 
Near Mosul Photo by @ArisMessinis #AFP: image via Kaycee Nightfire @KcNightfire, 3 March 2017


A convoy of Iraqi Army tanks and armored vehicles advanced on Monday near Talul al-Atshana, on the southwestern outskirts of Mosul, in an offensive to retake the city from the Islamic State.: photo by Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse, 3 March 2017 



A convoy of Iraqi Army tanks and armored vehicles advanced on Monday near Talul al-Atshana, on the southwestern outskirts of Mosul, in an offensive to retake the city from the Islamic State.: photo by Aris Messinis/Agence France-Presse, 3 March 2017 


Displaced Iraqis who just fled their homes are transported to refugee camps as Iraqi forces battle with ISIS militants, in western Mosul, Iraq, on February 28, 2017.: photo by Zohra Bensemra/Reuters, 28 February 2017


 An Iraqi special forces soldier carries a woman injured during a battle between Iraqi forces and ISIS fighters in Mosul, Iraq, on February 28, 2017.: photo by Goran Tomasevic / Reuters, 28 February 2017


Too many people are barefoot leaving #Mosul. Terrible situation in the rain. #Iraq #Isis
: image via Nabih @nabihbulos, 3 March 2017
 

Suspected #chemical attack in Iraq's #Mosul #RedCross #MosulOffensive
: image via The peoplepost @thepeoplepost1, 3 March 2017


#Iraq: @ICRC strongly condemns use of chemical weapons around #Mosul: image via LotteLeicht @LotteLeicht1, 3 March 2017


LIVE: People fleeing from fighting in southwest of #Mosul near al-Aqrab Junction. #TwitterKurds #Iraq: image via Kurdistan24 English @K24English, 3 March 2017 


#Turkey-backed #Kurds clash with #PKK branch in N #Iraq
: image via ParsToday English @EnglishPars, 3 March 2017



Yezidi civilians taking up arms against the KDP Kurdish attack on areas in the Sinjar area, northern #Iraq: image via Haidar Sumeri @IraqiSecurity, 3 March 2017


Yezidi civilians taking up arms against the KDP Kurdish attack on areas in the Sinjar area, northern #Iraq: image via Haidar Sumeri @IraqiSecurity, 3 March 2017


Yezidi civilians taking up arms against the KDP Kurdish attack on areas in the Sinjar area, northern #Iraq: image via Haidar Sumeri @IraqiSecurity, 3 March 2017


Yezidi civilians taking up arms against the KDP Kurdish attack on areas in the Sinjar area, northern #Iraq: image via Haidar Sumeri @IraqiSecurity, 3 March 2017


Turkish consulate in Tayaran neighborhood south Mosul completely destroyed #Iraq: image via Fazel Hawrawy @FazelHawramy, 3 March 2017



Congratulations to #Iraq's special forces on their victory in the Wadi Hajar district. The hardest battle in western #Mosul so far.: image via Haidar Sumeri @IraqiSecurity, 3 March 2017



War dog: image via Quentin Sommerville @sommervillebbc, 22 February 2017

No comments: