Mosul: bearing the brunt

Graphic content // 2016–2017 // Bearing the brunt – those who have no say in decisions over politics, who have no resources to flee and get trapped in the violence of war. The battle to retake Mosul form the Islamic State group (ISIS) was the world’s largest military operation since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and is considered to be toughest urban battle since World War II. In the 9 months long fighting, several hundred thousand civilians were trapped between the ever shifting frontlines with thousands of lives lost..