Mid-East Junction - Capturing Mosul's liberation through a

Mid-East Junction - Capturing Mosul's liberation through a lens

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In October 2016, Iraqi Special Forces launched an operation to take back Mosul and parts of Iraq from the Islamic State armed group. Since 2014 they had subjected the Iraqi people to their extreme and harsh interpretation of islam. But the operation to liberate them proved equally dangerous as those caught in the middle of the fighting had no where to go. One photographer met those caught in the cross fire and told their stories through his camera lens in this edition of Mid-East Junction. Click here to read the full article or press the 'play' button above to listen or subscribe to the podcast by searching 'RFI Mid-East Junction'

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