Faces of Mosul: Harrowing insight into the innocent lives left shattered by Iraq's bloody fight to destroy ISIS

Civilians, many wounded and weak, are pictured in
this heartbreaking series of photos as they arrive at a
medical Trauma Stabilization Point near the Old City
as they flee the fierce battle with ISIS in West Mosul
amid ruins of the city
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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Among the harrowing pictures from four-time Pulitzer
prize winning photographer Carol Guzy is an injured
girl who has suffered a head wound
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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Wounded and weak, most who survived now face an
uncertain future in the limbo of 'Internally Displaced
Person' camps, which are used to house people within
their own country after they have been forced to flee
their homes
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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Selma Abdulla, 87, anxiously awaits word on her son
Flah Hasin who was pulled for questioning of men to
be confirmed whether they are ISIS fighters or not.
She rejoiced when he was released and they could
leave on the truck to safety
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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An Iraqi Army soldier weeps at the loss of his cousin
near the front line in the continued battle with ISIS in
West Mosul amid ruins of the city. Later that night
people and soldiers celebrated as here have been
announcements that the battle is over and Mosul is
liberated but fierce fighting remained in a remaining
area
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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Shattered lives, lost loved ones and escape from the
rubble of collapsed homes and the evil of ISIS
doctrine, leaves scars of emotional trauma even more
difficult to heal
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A little girl named Amina was found by Iraqi Army
soldiers when they heard her cries from the rubble.
She was believed to be a foreigner and spoke
Russian. When asked where her father and mother
were she said they were 'martyrs'
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A woman named Alia holds the body of her 12-year-
old child ULA who passed away on the truck to a
Trauma Stabilization Point two hours previously. She
said it was from lack of food and water as they were
trapped in the Old City during the battle with ISIS
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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Soldier Dred Subhi walked a little girl from frontline.
She was found by Iraqi Army soldiers when they saw
her walking naked in the rubble at the front line. She
was believed to be a foreigner, her parents most likely
ISIS fighters
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A refugee has water splashed on her face by
volunteers at the Trauma Stabilization Point
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Four Yezidi civilians said they escaped being held
captive by ISIS for four years Iraqi Army soldiers
advanced in the old city. The women said they were
used as sex slaves. The battle with ISIS continues in
a small part of West Mosul even though it was
declared liberated days ago
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ISIS no longer has the ability to orchestrate major
terror attacks from its bases in Iraq and Syria, military
commanders have stated. Maj Gen Rupert Jones, the
deputy commander of the international coalition
against ISIS, said the jihadi forces were too busy
“fighting for their lives” to be able to plot outrages in
Western cities
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Maj Gen Jones said the gains by the Iraqi Security
Forces meant Daesh - the alternative name for the
Islamic State - were on the “path to defeat” in Iraq
and Syria. But that news has come too late for these
boys traumatised by the conflict
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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A soldier shows the face and beard of a suspected
ISIS fighter that surrendered after being surrounded
by ISOF Special Forces in West Mosul amid ruins of
the city. They say they are not ISIS. They are held
captive at a base near the front line
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As medics are about to leave for the night, refugees
arrive and Global Response Management team
provides emergency medical care. Civilians, many
injured and weak, flee continued battle with ISIS in
West Mosul amid ruins arriving at a Trauma
Stabilization Point near the Old City
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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Special US envoy Brett McGurk said ISIS is likely to
fight to the death in their last stronghold of Raqqa,
which they declared the capital of their caliphate,
after losing Mosul earlier this year
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Medical teams from Global Response Management
and the Iraqi Army at a Trauma Stabilization Point,
treat a child named Khadija found in the rubble of the
explosion when her parents set off suicide bombs
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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A man receives emergency medical care from Global
Response Management at a Trauma Stabilization
Point. Civilians, many injured and weak, flee as the
fierce battle with ISIS continues in West Mosul amid
ruins of the Old City
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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Many youngsters have only ever known conflict
growing up in Syria. Troops are now turning more
attention towards the besieged Syrian city of Raqqa,
where British jihadists are among at least 2,000
Islamic State fighters still fighting
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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A young Syrian man is caught up in the battle in
Mosul. US forces said the leader of the ISIS forces
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had gone to ground and the
bulk of his key staff were now dead. He said the
followers of al-Baghdadi would be feeling “deserted”
and fighting for ISIS would have lost its appeal.
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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A soldier at a base near the front line as the fierce
battle with ISIS continues in West Mosul amid ruins of
the Old City
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Media)
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The war in Mosul is over, but the humanitarian crisis
continues as this woman comforts a young boy. The
battle to rebuild the city has now begun...
(Image: Carol Guzy/zReportage/Exclusivepix Medi

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