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Liberation and Longing: The Battle for Mosul

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  • A statue of a horseman was destroyed by ISIS due to its perception as a false idol in the Yazidi town of Bashiqa, which was liberated and left in ruins after months of fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers and ISIS fighters. Nov. 20, 2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • A family walks past a damaged American M-1 Abrams tank on the outskirts of Mosul. Nov. 30, 2016. Gogjali, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • A wounded Kurdish Peshmerga soldier, looks out onto the town that he helped capture from ISIS control. Nov. 20, 2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier, during a moment of leisure in the Yazidi town of Bashiqa. Nov. 20, 2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • A home made ISIS rocket and other munitions are on display at a Peshmerga base in the Yazidi town of Bashiqa, which was liberated and left in ruins after months of fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers and ISIS fighters. Nov. 20, 2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier views the photo album of a Yazidi family that was found in the burnt out ruins of their home. The fate of the family is unknown. Nov. 20, 2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Force, Golden Division ISOF 2, Mosul Battalion roll through the streets of Eastern Mosul in their American supplied Humvee. Nov. 26, 2016. Mosul, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Force, Golden Division ISOF 2, Mosul Battalion clear a house in the Khadra housing complex, which was suspected of harboring ISIS fighters and IEDs. Nov. 26, 2016. Mosul, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • Muntaser Khaleel, who was suspected of being an ISIS spy, waves a white flag in the newly liberated neighborhood of Aden. He was taken away for questioning and later released. Nov. 26, 2016. Mosul, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • Residents of the Khadra housing complex, which was liberated from ISIS only hours earlier wave a white flag to passing Iraqi Special Forces. Nov. 26, 2016. Mosul, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • Residents of the newly liberated neighborhood of Aden, peer outside of their homes as the Iraqi Army enters. Nov. 25, 2016. Mosul, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • People in the besieged neighborhood of Al Bakir receive food aid from the Iraqi Army. Nov. 30, 2016. Mosul, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • A man helps his injured friend make it to the field hospital at Gogjali in Eastern Mosul. Nov. 26, 2016. Gogjali, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • An elderly man (name withheld) in his moment of death from wounds suffered during a mortar strike. Nov. 26, 2016. Gogjali, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • A man injured in a mortar strike is carried into the field hospital at Gogjali in Eastern Mosul. Nov. 30, 2016. Gogjali, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • The body of a dead ISIS fighter lies in the street in the neighborhood of Al Bakir, after heavy clashes with the Iraqi Army. This fighter tried to blow himself up, but was shot dead before he could do so. Nov. 30, 2016. Mosul, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • The body of a civilian, killed in a mortar strike is mourned by his father and brother at the field hospital at Gogjali in Eastern Mosul. Nov. 30, 2016. Gogjali, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • Anis Mahmoud of Mosul died on a Saturday morning. He was 10 years old. He lived for 5 days before succumbing to his wounds from a bombing that also killed his father. His burial shroud was removed for a moment so that his sister could have one last look at him. Dec. 3, 2016. Hasansham, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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  • Men pray over the body of Anis Mahmoud, 10 of Mosul. It was said that he was a quiet boy who loved soccer and dreamed of being a doctor. Dec. 3, 2016. Hasansham, Iraq. ©Gabriel Romero 2016
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