Many units lived in civilian houses at the front for 10 days at a time. The police had constructed make-shift beds in rooms within earshot of Islamic State fighters. The graffiti says "The heroes of al-Banmur were here."
April 19, 2017
Several seconds later, an ISIS fighter opened fire from the opposite side of the building, narrowly missing us. April 19, 2017
A mirror is used to look for snipers and movement in the Islamic State-held buildings at the end of the street. For more than three months, the Federal Police were tasked with holding the lines against Islamic State on the edge of the Old City. They did so with varying levels of success.
April 12, 2017
This soldier wore the uniform of the Federal Police, which also bore the patch of the Emergency Response Brigade. He was part of a unit securing a street ahead of the arrival of two Federal Police commanders.
April 9, 2017
April 19, 2017
April 9, 2017
Civilians who could not leave, or chose to stay, collect rations from an aid station.
April 12, 2017
IDPs receive food aid from the Iraqi military in downtown west Mosul. As the war cut off major streets and bridges, the price of basic necessities skyrocketed. Many civilians still living in Mosul had to rely on the army in order to eat.
April 12, 2017
April 18, 2017
Comforts for these enlisted men were few and resupply required crossing a wide street in front of snipers. Islamic State occupied the building directly north, and the doorway near where these men slept received pinpoint enemy fire. April 19, 2017
The man on the left was manicuring his mustache in the mirror when I poked my head around the corner. He waved me inside.
April 12, 2017
Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, had been in Mosul two days previous.
April 8, 2017
April 9, 2017
April 12, 2017. West Mosul
Children who could not travel fast enough were carried.
May 5, 2017
April 8, 2017
IDPs who fled Musharrifah had to walk miles to the point where they would be picked up. Vehicles kicked up clouds of very fine dust on hot cloudless days. Many of the displaced brought no food or water with them.
May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017
The Free Burma Rangers treated both civilians and soldiers wounded during the battle for northwest Mosul.
May 6, 2017
May 5, 2017