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Peter van Agtmael A statue destroyed by ISIS last summer in a 13th-century church in Telskuf, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at the front lines helps resettle to a house near their barracks the last residents of Telskuf, three elderly women who have refused to leave and live (...)
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Telskuf. 2015. A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at the front lines helps resettle to a house near their barracks the last residents of Telskuf, three elderly women who have refu (...)
Peter van Agtmael A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at the front lines tries to resettle Kamala Karim Shaya to a house near their barracks. Three elderly women have refused to leave the front line town (...)
Peter van Agtmael An Assyrian who has helped rescue dozens of other Assyrians from ISIS captivity is photographed to protect his anonymity. Erbil, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Assyrian refugees tell their stories of fleeing ISIS. Erbil, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A Yazidi girl tells the story of her kidnapping, imprisonment and eventual marriage to an ISIS militant. Erbil, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael LEBANON. Beirut. 2015. A Christian family mourns the death of funeral of Benjamin Ishaya, an 87-year-old Assyrian Christian who’d arrived in Lebanon as part of a group of refugees from Syria and al (...)
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Erbil. 2015. Aida (R) and Khadr discuss the kidnapping of their young daughter Christina by ISIS militants. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael LEBANON. Beirut. 2015. A Christian family mourns the death of funeral of Benjamin Ishaya, an 87-year-old Assyrian Christian who’d arrived in Lebanon as part of a group of refugees from Syria and al (...)
Peter van Agtmael LEBANON. Beirut. 2015. A Christian family mourns the death of funeral of Benjamin Ishaya, an 87-year-old Assyrian Christian who’d arrived in Lebanon as part of a group of refugees from Syria and al (...)
Peter van Agtmael A line waits for remittances from the Iraqi central government. Erbil, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A small apartment block housing Assyrian refugees. Erbil, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Dohuk. 2015. General Abboush Sakania (with gun) is a former high-ranking general in Saddam Hussein’s army and an Assyrian Christian who fled Qaraqosh last summer. He is now in charge of milit (...)
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. A masked American man volunteering for the Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia is seen with senior Kurdish officers near the frontline. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Matthew van Dyke, an American adventurer and former revolutionary in the Libyan Civil War now training an Assyrian Christian militia in northern Iraq through his organizations, the Sons of Liberty. (...)
Peter van Agtmael A spokesperson for an Assyrian Political Party. Erbil, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. Headquarters of a Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit near the frontline against ISIS. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Erbil. 2015. A small camp for Assyrian refugees on the church grounds of St Matthews. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Telskuf. 2015. A militia member gives flowers to Hana Najar, one of the elderly women resettled to a house near their barracks. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A bullet wound and a Jesus tattoo on a member of a Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit near the frontline against ISIS. Baqofa, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Checkpoint of a Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit near the frontline against ISIS. Baqofa, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at their frontline emplacement facing ISIS. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at their frontline emplacement facing ISIS. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at a monastery near the frontline. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at their frontline emplacement facing ISIS. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at their frontline emplacement facing ISIS. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Roadblock by the headquarters of a Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit near the frontline against ISIS. Baqofa, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael An NPU (an Assyrian Christian political party) training course for the senior Non Commission Officers of their small militia. The training is being conducted by 'James,' a former U.S. Army soldier (...)
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Dohuk. 2015. An NPU (an Assyrian Christian political party) training course for the senior Non Commission Officers of their small militia. The training is being conducted by 'James,' a forme (...)
Peter van Agtmael IRAQ. Baqofa. 2015. A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia unit at their frontline emplacement facing ISIS. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A Dwekh Nawsha Assyrian Christian militia member near the frontline. Baqofa, Iraq. 2015. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael An NPU (an Assyrian Christian political party) training course for the senior Non Commission Officers of their small militia. The training is being conducted by 'James,' a former U.S. Army soldier (...)
Peter van Agtmael An NPU (an Assyrian Christian political party) training course for the senior Non Commission Officers of their small militia. The training is being conducted by 'James,' a former U.S. Army soldier (...)