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The Collapse of the Caliphate

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Lorenzo Meloni SYRIA. Ayn Al Arab. (Kurdish: Kobani / Kobane). December 2014. A YPG sniper on the Western frontline. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni A man is seen trying to recover objects in the rubble of his home. Kobani / Kobane (Arabic: Ayn al Arab). Syria. 07 August 2015. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni SYRIA. Palmyra / Tadmor. 1 April 2016. Inside the historic town of Palmyra, retaken from IS by Syrian Arab Army. A volunteer soldier from the Syrian National Defence Forces holds up an Islamic Sta (...)
Lorenzo Meloni Kobani / Kobane (Arabic: Ayn al Arab). Syria. 07 August 2015. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni Two Libyan fighters taking cover from sniper fire on the westernmost frontline against IS. Sirte, Libya. July 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni Victorious Syrian Army soldiers stand on top of the rubble in front of a section of a portico - all that is left of Ancient Palmyra’s Temple of Bel. Inside the historic town of Palmyra, retaken fro (...)
Lorenzo Meloni LIBYA. Sirte. July 2016. Libyan fighters carry a comrade injured by an IS landmine © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni Kids playing among the rubble of a building used by IS as a military base and destroyed by a Coalition airstrike. Hammam al Alil. Iraq. December 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni Yazidi women inside a cemetery destroyed by IS. Bashiqa, Iraq. December 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IS fighters set fire to oil fields close to Qayyarah as a way to avoid coalition airstrikes. Qayyarah, Iraq. November 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni Tal Afar. Al hashd Al shaabi fighters (PMU – Popular Mobilization Units) using a Kornet ATGM. Iraq. November 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni A wounded civilian is taken to the field hospital. Mosul, Iraq. November, 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. NOVEMBER 2016. Mosul. Civilians queuing during food distribution. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni Civilians grieving the loss of their relatives killed by a mortar shell. Mosul, Iraq. November 2016. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. NOVEMBER 2016. Mosul. A wounded civilian is taken to the field hospital. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. NOVEMBER 2016. Tal Afar. West Mosul. Al hashd Al shaabi fighters (PMU – Popular Mobilization Units) praying before the battle. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. Hamam al-Alil. March 2017. Men waiting to get their IDs back during the identification process. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. Mosul. March 2017. A family reaches the Federal Police positions on the frontline in order to be evacuated. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni Civilians fleeing from Mosul. Outskirts of Mosul, Iraq. March 2017. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. Mosul. March 2017. A barricade of burned cars used to eventually stop SVBIED (Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device) coming. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. Mosul. March 2017. A Federal Police fighter with an SPG to be used in case a SVBIED (Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device) approaches. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos
Lorenzo Meloni IRAQ. Outskirts of Mosul. March 2017. Men on lorries on their way to an IDP camp. © Lorenzo Meloni | Magnum Photos