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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Members of an Iraqi Christian refugee family eat lunch in the kitchen of the unfinished house before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A row of homes, housing Moslawi Christian refugees who have fled the Islamic State, is seen shortly before ISIS occupied the town of Hamdaniyahh, Iraq (left) and the same scene shortly after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A young female Christian refugee from Mosul, stands in the garden of the home before the occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Father Ignatius Offy delivers mass to residents of the town, many of them recent refugees from Mosul,  a few days before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).   Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A Christian cross decorates a stairwell in the courtyard of the Christian academy before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Raíid Kamal (C) and one of his nieces walk through the Christian academy before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Sahira Samir Kamal (L), an Iraqi Christian refugee from Mosul, washes her daughter Dilar (9) before occupation by ISIS (left) and the same scene after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - A car drives through a main street in the town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq, one month before ISIS occupation (left) and two Iraqi police officers walk through the same scene shortly after liberation from ISIS (right).  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - The bell tower stood tall before ISIS invasion (left) and  two years later after being demolished by the Islamic State during their occupation of the town (right). .  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures.  Before and after pictures showing life before ISIS occupation of Hamdaniyah in Iraq, and life after liberation from ISIS. PICTURED - Melat Sabah (L), his brother Ruwat Sabah (C) and their co-worker Aysen Tala sit in front of the bicycle repair shop in Hamndaiyha, Iraq. Taken in July 2014, one month before the Islamic State occupied the town (left) and the same scene shortly after liberation from ISIS.  Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town  included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
    LNP_Anti_ISIS_demo_VFL_14.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
    LNP_Anti_ISIS_demo_VFL_12.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
    LNP_Anti_ISIS_demo_VFL_20.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
    LNP_Anti_ISIS_demo_VFL_06.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
    LNP_Anti_ISIS_demo_VFL_05.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
    LNP_Anti_ISIS_demo_VFL_03.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
    LNP_Anti_ISIS_demo_VFL_02.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 16/08/2014. London, UK. Demonstrators protest against attacks by the group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in central London on 16th August 2014. Campaigners led by the Kurdish People’s Assembly gathered outside BBC Broadcasting House before marching through Oxford Street towards the US Embassy. Photo credit : Vickie Flores/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/01/2015<br />
 A flower shop on Queensway in Pettswood, Orpington, Kent which has the most unfortunate name ISIS Flowers. Photo credit:Grant Falvey/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/01/2015<br />
 A flower shop on Queensway in Pettswood, Orpington, Kent which has the most unfortunate name ISIS Flowers. Photo credit:Grant Falvey/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/01/2015<br />
 A flower shop on Queensway in Pettswood, Orpington, Kent which has the most unfortunate name ISIS Flowers. Photo credit:Grant Falvey/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/01/2015<br />
 A flower shop on Queensway in Pettswood, Orpington, Kent which has the most unfortunate name ISIS Flowers. Photo credit:Grant Falvey/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/01/2015<br />
 A flower shop on Queensway in Pettswood, Orpington, Kent which has the most unfortunate name ISIS Flowers. Photo credit:Grant Falvey/LNP
    LNP_ISIS_FLOWERS_GFA_001.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, are seen from the vandalised Qayyarah Cemetery (foreground) in Qayyarah, Iraq. Headstones in the cemetery were smashed by ISIS extremists who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A masked National Security Service officer stands in the back of a pickup truck as his team prepares to leave a base in eastern Mosul to raid the homes of suspected ISIS members in the city.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A one day old baby, born yesterday (14/06/17) in ISIS held West Mosul is held up by Iraqi soldiers who are transporting her and her family to safety outside the city.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. An elderly Mosul resident hugs her pet cat after escaping from ISIS held West Mosul shortly before this picture was taken.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi Soldiers of the 9th Armoured Division hand out food and water to recently escaped civilians who are fleeing from ISIS held West Mosul.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Mosul residents cross the last stretch of open ground watched by Islamic State snipers to Iraqi Army positions after escaping from ISIS held territory in West Mosul today (15/06/2017).<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. An Iraqi Army soldier, of 9th Armoured Division, holds a small child as families flee from ISIS held West Mosul.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_CIV_15_MCR.JPG
  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Iraqi children use rubbish to sled down a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium, that was hit by a coalition airstrike, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Amor Idris and two friends sort through the charred remains of his family's corner shop in the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The shop, which once sold alcohol, was burnt by ISIS extremists during their two year occupation of the town which was retaken by Iraqi Security Forces during the ongoing Mosul Offensive.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, clogs the sky over the Qayyarah Cemetery, in the Iraqi town of the same name. Both Shia and Sunni graves within the cemetery were smashed during the town's two year occupation by ISIS extremists who believe that graves should be flat to the earth with no headstone. <br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, clogs the sky over the Qayyarah Cemetery, in the Iraqi town of the same name. Both Shia and Sunni graves within the cemetery were smashed during the town's two year occupation by ISIS extremists who believe that graves should be flat to the earth with no headstone. <br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. An area of Jalawla in Iraq, controlled by ISIS insurgents, is see through a firing hole at a Kurdish peshmerga base. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. An Iraqi Army soldier, of 9th Armoured Division, holds two children as they and their family flee from ISIS held West Mosul.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Mosul residents prepare to cross the last stretch of open ground watched by Islamic State snipers to Iraqi Army positions after escaping from ISIS held territory in West Mosul today (15/06/2017).<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Mosul residents cross the last stretch of open ground watched by Islamic State snipers to Iraqi Army positions after escaping from ISIS held territory in West Mosul today (15/06/2017).<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Mosul residents cross the last stretch of open ground watched by Islamic State snipers to Iraqi Army positions after escaping from ISIS held territory in West Mosul today (15/06/2017).<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Iraqi children use rubbish to sled down a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium, that was hit by a coalition airstrike, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A young Iraqi boy plays with a toy mobile phone as he sits on a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium destroyed by an airstrike, where he and his friends are playing in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Iraqi children use rubbish to sled down a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium, that was hit by a coalition airstrike, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A blood stained table, and blood splashed walls are seen in a room thought to have been used by ISIS militants in the recently liberated Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Children run amongst vandalised gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, in the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Children run amongst vandalised gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, in the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A puff of smoke marks the spot where a coalition aircraft dropped a bomb on ISIS vehicles moving through the town of Bashiqa, Iraq. The ISIS heald city of Mosul can be seen illuminated in the background.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga stand in the doorway to their barracks in Khanaqin, Iraq, after returning from fighting with ISIS insurgents in nearby Jalawla. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts.. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. An Iraqi Army soldier, of 9th Armoured Division, holds a small child as families flee from ISIS held West Mosul.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi Soldiers of the 9th Armoured Division hand out food and water to recently escaped civilians who are fleeing from ISIS held West Mosul.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. An oil covered young Iraqi boy is seen in a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium destroyed by an airstrike, where he and his friends are playing in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Iraqi children use rubbish to sled down a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium, that was hit by a coalition airstrike, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Iraqi children use rubbish to sled down a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium, that was hit by a coalition airstrike, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A Christian militiaman hangs a Christian poster from hooks as he helps friends sift through the remains of their corner shop in the recently liberated Christian town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. The shop, which once sold alcohol, was burnt by ISIS extremists during their two year occupation of the town which was retaken by Iraqi Security Forces during the ongoing Mosul Offensive.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Father Ignatius Offy, a Christian priest, re-hangs a picture of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ on the wall of a room used for events at the Christian Academy in the recently liberated town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Much of the academy was burnt by ISIS militants during their two year occupation of the town, but the hall was left untouched - both basketballs and footballs were found in the room suggesting that, despite the Islamic State banning sports, some extremists used the underground hall to play ballgames.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Children run amongst vandalised gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, in the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Gravestones, smashed by Islamic State militants, litter the Qayyarah Cemetery in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. The headstones were vandalised by the extremists, who believe that a grave should be flat to the earth and without markings, during the towns two year ISIS occupation.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. The sniper rifle of a Kurdish peshmerga leans against a wall in their barracks in Khanaqin, Iraq, after troops returned from fighting with ISIS insurgents in nearby Jalawla.  Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts.. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A young Mosul resident carries his pet bird in a cage after escaping from ISIS held West Mosul shortly before this picture was taken.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from burning oil facilties fills sky as men stack concrete blocks and young Iraqi boys play amongst the destroyed football stadium in Qayyarah, Iraq. The stadium was targeted by an Iraqi or coalition airstrike as it was the location for an ISIS headquarters. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. An oil covered young Iraqi boy is seen in a destroyed ISIS headquarters, located in a football stadium destroyed by an airstrike, where he and his friends are playing in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK  Khanaqin, Iraq. The equipment of a young Kurdish peshmerga is seen in Jalawla, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. 37 year old Salh Madi (2L) is pictured with his family, Malak (3), Aya (5), his wife Rafida Ha'di (23) and their one year old son Bilal, all Iraqi refugees from the front line town of Jalawla, at the Bahari Taza refugee camp in Iraq. Salh and Rafida escaped the town with their Tukman family after fighting commenced between ISIS and Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Ali Farthal Rahim (40), a Sunni Arab Iraqi refugee from Sharaban Province, is pictured at the Kan Taza refugee camp near Khanaqin, Iraq. Formerly a labourer in his home town, Ali left his home with his wife, 6 children and his daughter-in-law on the 16th of June, traveling via Kirkuk to avoid ISIS occupied territory he arrived at Bahari Taza camp. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Five year old Aya (L) and one year old Bilal Madi, Iraqi refugees from the front line town of Jalawla, sleep in the shade of a barn at the Bahari Taza refugee camp in Iraq. Aya and Bilal escaped the town with their Tukman family after fighting commenced between ISIS and Kurdish Peshmerga forces. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place.Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. An officer of the Iraqi National Security Service spray paints the name of his agency on the wall of a home in east Mosul to show they have investigated the property. The house was home to an ISIS fighter and his family from Tikrit who fled the area leaving behind two victim operated explosive devices.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. An Iraqi NSS officer, his face covered to protect his identity, holds his weapon at the ready as he approaches the home of a suspected ISIS member in a Mosul neighbourhood.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi National Security Service officers search a house for a suspected ISIS fighter during a raid in the city.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A masked officer of the Iraqi National Security Service holds a suspected ISIS fighter in a headlock as a team mate cuffs the suspect's hands during a rain in eastern Mosul.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi National Security Service officers watch as a colleague is boosted over a wall and into the garden of a suspected ISIS member in eastern Mosul.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Officers of the Iraqi National Security Service raid the home of a suspected ISIS collaborator in an east Mosul neighbourhood.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Blindfolded, a suspected ISIS and Ba'ath party (the party of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein) supporter sits on the floor of an Iraqi National Security Service vehicle after his arrest in eastern Mosul. Items bearing the Ba'ath party emblem and an Islamic State certificate were found in the property. <br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A suspected ISIS and Ba'ath party (the party of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein) supporter has his hands bound by Iraqi National Security Service officers after his arrest in eastern Mosul. Items bearing the Ba'ath party emblem and an Islamic State certificate were found in the property. <br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A masked officer of Iraq's National Security Service keeps watch as colleagues diffuse the booby trapped former home of an ISIS fighter and his family. The fighter and his family, originally from Tikrit, fled the city during the Mosul offensive leaving behind a home with two victim operated explosive devices kill anyone who tried to enter.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi National Security Service officers keep watch from the back of a pickup truck as they pass through east Mosul neighbourhoods during operations to arrest suspected ISIS fighters and collaborators.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 13/02/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A young boy fastens the shoes of his father, whom is too overweight to put do it himself, after his arrest by Iraqi National Security Service officers for questioning about the location of another of his sons that may still be fighting with ISIS.<br />
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The Jihaz Al-Amin Al-Watani, roughly translated as the National Security Service or NSS, are a secretive Iraqi agency that works under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior. Since the liberation of eastern Mosul in January 2017 the NSS have been actively hunting down ISIS members who stayed behind to continue terrorism as part of sleeper cells and residents who worked with the group during its two year occupation. Recruiting from across the country agency is responsible for internal security inside Iraq and has a broad remit to investigate and arrest everything from terrorists and foreign spies to financial criminals and drug traffickers. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 15/06/2017. Mosul, Iraq. A volunteer medic, working with the Iraqi Army, tends to an injured elderly Mosul resident, recently escaped from Islamic State territory, as troops prepare to evacuate her in an armoured Humvee.<br />
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Despite heavy fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi Security Forces many civilians have started to leave ISIS territory in West Mosul. Mosul residents, many of whom have been in hiding in their homes since the start of the West Mosul Offensive, often have to run through ISIS sniper and machine gun fire to reach the safety of Iraqi Security Forces positions. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/11/2016. Mosul, Iraq. A young girl looks at the dead bodies of ISIS militants, killed four days before by Iraqi forces, in Mosul's Al Intisar district on the south east of the city. The Al Intisar district was taken four days ago by Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and, despite its proximity to ongoing fighting between ISF and ISIS militants, many residents still live in the settlement without regular power and water and with dwindling food supplies.<br />
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The battle to retake Mosul, which fell June 2014, started on the 16th of October 2016 with Iraqi Security Forces eventually reaching the city on the 1st of November. Since then elements of the Iraq Army and Police have succeeded in pushing into the city and retaking several neighbourhoods allowing civilians living there to be evacuated - though many more remain trapped within Mosul.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A deserted smog filled street, close to burning oil facilities, is seen in the Iraqi town of Qayyarah. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A burning oil valve is seen beyond soot blackened houses, which are currently inhabited, under a smoke filled sky in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 08/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke from a burning oil valve rises from within the town of Qayyarah, Iraq. Oil wells in and around the town of Qayyarah, Iraq, we set alight in July 2016 by Islamic State extremists as the Iraqi military began an offensive to liberated the town.<br />
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For two months the residents of the town have lived under an almost constant smoke cloud, the only respite coming when the wind changes. Those in the town, despite having been freed from ISIS occupation, now live with little power, a water supply tainted with oil that only comes on periodically and an oppressive cloud of smoke that coats everything with thick soot. Many complain of respiratory problems, but the long term health implications for the men, women and children living in the town have yet to be seen. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Amar Idris sorts through the mess made by Islamic State militants who used his family home as a bomb factory during their recently ended two year occupation of the Iraqi Christian town of Hamdaniyah.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Flying the Iraqi flag from their cars, Christian residents celebrate as they return to survey damage in the recently liberated Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Father Ignatius Offy, a Christian priest, examines a priest's stole, recovered from the Islamic State vandalised Christian academy in the town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq. Much of the academy was burnt, including its library, during the Islamic State's two year occupation of the town.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 04/11/2016. Hamdaniyah, Iraq. A Christian resident stands in the scorched remains of a library holding pieces of a Christian priest's garb, which were overlooked by Islamic State militants when they burnt and vandalised the Christian academy in the town of Hamdaniyah, Iraq.<br />
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Although located close to a front line, littered with improvised explosive devices and pieces of unexploded ordnance the Christian town of Hamdaniyah has only recently been cleared of ISIS extremists who stayed behind to fight. After the town’s liberation as part of the Mosul Offensive residents and priests of the town are now free to take short trips to assess damage, salvage possessions and clear up the mess left by militants during their two year occupation.<br />
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Hamdaniyah, and much of the Nineveh plains, were captured by the Islamic State during a large offensive on the 7th of August 2014 that saw the extremists advance to within 20km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. Residents of the town, who included many Christian refugees who escaped there after the fall of Mosul, were then forced to seek sanctuary in the Kurdish areas. In the year and two months of the ISIS occupation churches were burnt, homes were put into use as militant accommodation and bomb factories and some buildings destroyed by coalition airstrikes. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. With the sky blotted out by burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, soldiers of the Iraqi Army's Emergency Response Unit keep watch from the top of their armed Humvee utility vehicle as their convoy enters the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Blacked by the smoke from nearby burning oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, the Iraqi flag flies from a building in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, rising from the Qayyarah Oilfield, blot out the afternoon sun.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, visible for many miles, rise from the Qayyarah Oilfields south of Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Plumes of smoke, visible for many miles, rise from the Qayyarah Oilfields south of Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke and flames rise from burning oil welsl, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, located with the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. Smoke and flames rise from a burning oil well, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, located with the Iraqi town of Qayyarah.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A man walks along disused railway tracks as thick smoke rises from boring oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/11/2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. A child walks along disused railway tracks as thick smoke rises from boring oil wells, set alight by retreating Islamic State militants, in the town of Qayyarah, Iraq.<br />
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Two months after being liberated from the Islamic State, the Iraqi town of Qayyarah, located around 30km south of Mosul, is still dealing with the environmental repercussions of their ISIS occupation. The town's estimated 15,000 inhabitants constantly live under, and in, heavy clouds of smoke which often envelope the settlement. The clouds emanate from burning oil wells in a nearby oil field that were set alight by retreating ISIS extremists after a two year occupation. The proximity of the fires, often right next to homes within the town, covers many buildings and residents with thick soot and will lead to long term health and environmental implications. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Licensed to London News Pictures. 23/10/2016. Markings denoting that a building contains improvised explosive devices are seen on the door of a former ISIS headquarters in the town of Bartella, Iraq.<br />
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Bartella, a mainly Christian town with a population of around 30,000 people before being taken by the Islamic State in August 2014, was captured two days ago by the Iraqi Army's Counter Terrorism force as part of the ongoing offensive to retake Mosul. Although ISIS militants were pushed back a large amount of improvised explosive devices are still being found in the town's buildings. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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