Traffic from Mosul queues at a Kurdish Check point on June 14, 2014 in Kalak, Iraq. Thousands of people have fled Iraq's second city of Mosul after...
Iraqi refugees gather food and blankets in a makeshift camp at a Kurdish checkpoint in Kalak after fleeing from the city of Mosul which has been...
The minaret and shrine of the Nebi Yunus Mosque of the Prophet Jonah in Mosul, Iraq, August, 1971. The Sunni religious complex was demolished by ISIS...
Iraqi fleeing violence arrive in a makeshift camp at a Kurdish checkpoint in Kalak after the city of Mosul and Kirkuk were overrun by ISIS militants....
Iraqi girl fleeing from the city of Mosul arrives at a Kuridish checkpoint. ISIS has captured major roads and town in central Iraq. June 12, 2014.
Child is seen on the car while passing the control point of peshmargas of Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq on 12...
Commissioners appointed by the League of Nations are now in Zakhe and Mosul in Mesopotamia, a British mandate, investigating stories of the...
Men walk past destroyed buildings on November 6, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Five months after Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city was liberated from ISIL in...
Iraq - Nebi Younus - a village with a mosque near Nineveh where it is believed the Prophet Jonah is buried. Photo taken in 1920s after creation of...
Iraq - The clock tower and domes of the Dominican Mission Church at Mosul. Photo taken in 1920s after creation of Iraq
Iraq - The Ruins of Nineveh on the left bank of the Tigris opposite the city of Mosul. Photo taken in 1920s after creation of Iraq
Soldier restricts the movement of an Iraqi family as his colleagues search their house during a routine house search on March 5, 2005 in the restive...
An Iraqi child walks through a displacement camp for those caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul on June 28, 2014 in Khazair,...
An Iraqi child waits with her family outside of a temporary displacement camp for Iraqis caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul on...
Iraqi fleeing violence cross a Kurdish checkpoint in Kalak after the city of Mosul was overrun by ISIS militants. June 12, 2014.
Iraqi refugees gather food and blankets in a makeshift camp at a Kurdish checkpoint in Kalak after fleeing from the city of Mosul which has been...
Iraqi fleeing violence arrive in a makeshift camp at a Kurdish checkpoint in Kalak after the city of Mosul was overrun by ISIS militants. June 12,...
Mosul, Chief Town of Al-Jezireh ', 1890. Mosul city on the Tigris river in Iraq, in late 9th century was seized by Turkish dynasts, in 893 came under...
Women and children emerge from the rubble of al-Nuri mosque complex on June 29 in Mosul, Iraq. The Iraqi Army, Special Operations Forces and...
Man escorts children from a building in al-Nuri mosque complex on June 29 in Mosul, Iraq. The Iraqi Army, Special Operations Forces and...
View of the destroyed al-Nuri mosque in the Old City district where heavy fighting continues on July 2, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi forces continue to...
An Iraqi federal policeman uses a helmet on a stick to try and draw fire from an Islamic State sniper in an attempt to make him reveal his position...
Mohammed Mahmoud who received serious head injuries from shrapnel during an airstrike in Mosul is comforted by his brother Amar Mahmoud while he lies...
Hadi Talib prepares to place a surgery gown on his neighbour's child, three year old Eslam Ahmad, who, along with his mother and father, received...
Hadi Talib comforts his neighbour's child, three year old Eslam Ahmad, who, along with his mother and father, received serious injuries after an...
Woman carries her niece who is suffering from an undiagnosed disease and cannot walk or talk, as she makes her way to a food distribution point as...
An Iraqi federal policeman smokes a cigarette as he relaxes between firefights during the battle to recapture west Mosul from Islamic State, on April...
Iraqi federal police fire a mortar at an Islamic State position during the battle to recapture west Mosul, on April 12, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Despite...
An Iraqi federal policeman prepares to fire a rocket propelled grenade at an Islamic State position on a nearby rooftop during fighting in west Mosul...
An Iraqi Emergency Response Division soldier looks back as he walks towards a truck that has been wedged between buildings to give cover against...
Man holds an intravenous drip for his wife who is suffering from cancer as they wait outside a clinic to see a doctor in Hamam al-Alil refugee camp...
The Iraqi Special Operations Forces took total control of the Saddam district where members of the Islamic State where still resisting yesterday....
Boy pauses on his bike as he passes an oil field that was set on fire by retreating ISIS fighters ahead of the Mosul offensive, on October 21, 2016...
Local Iraqi girl watches from the doorway of her home as U.S. Army 101st Airborne troops take cover July 23, 2003 near the site where they killed...
Two elders of the Yazidi sect, an heretical offshoot from Islam, persecuted buy ISIS, stand at shrine of Sheikh Adi, an historic Yazidi holy man,...
Uniformed youth march past large crowd in parade celebrating the Spring Festival in the northern city of Mosul circa 1978
The ancient Akkadian and Neo-Assyrian restored site of Nineveh near Mosul in Northern Iraq was from 662-612 the largest city in the world. Parts of...
Actress and the UN refugee agency UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie takes care of a kid during her visit in Iraqs northern city of Mosul on June 16,...
In this handout image provided by United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie visits the Old City in West Mosul...
In this handout image provided by United Nations High Commission for Refugees, UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie meets Falak during a visit to West...
Man suffering from seizures is seen in the ICU department of the small temporary hospital across the street from the destroyed Salam Hospital on...
Children enjoy a train ride at the Mosul Amusement Park on November 4, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. The theme park was shut down under ISIS occupation and...
Civilians carry their belongings on a destroyed street in an outer neighborhood of the Old City in West Mosul on November 6, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq....
Volunteer looks for useful medical items inside the destroyed Salam Hospital on November 5, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Salam Hospital, Mosul's main hosptal...
Children walk to school past destroyed cars in West Mosul on November 6, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Five months after Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city was...
Father sits with his son to watch a local football game in East Mosul on November 5, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Five months after Mosul, Iraq's...
People walk amongst rubble from destroyed buildings in an outer neighborhood of the Old City in West Mosul on November 6, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Five...
Man walks past a destroyed vehicle in West Mosul on November 6, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Five months after Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city was...
Man stands in front of a destroyed building in an outer neighborhood of the Old City in West Mosul on November 6, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Five months...
People play football in East Mosul on November 5, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Five months after Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city was liberated from ISIL in...
The sunlight comes through in the Mosul University Central Library as it is destroyed by repeated bombardment during the battle ahead of a month...
General view of Mosul University Central Library ahead of a month anniversary of the city's lieberation from the Islamic States on August 5, 2017 in...
Feb. 26: Classrooms overflow at the Al Muthanna Primary School in eastern Mosul as school resumes after nearly three years of Islamic State rule and...
Man suspected of being an Islamic State militant is detained by the Iraqi Army in the Old City district on July 10, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. The Iraqi...
Woman and her sick child flee as Iraqi Army soldiers fight Islamic State militants who occupy the last section of the Old City district on July 10,...
An Iraqi Army tank on the bank of the Tigris River where they fight Islamic State militants who occupy the last section of the Old City district on...
