(^01) CAR BOMB AFTERMATH
Soldiers of the Iraqi special forces survey
the aftermath of an ISIS suicide car
bomb that reached their lines in one of the
last areas to be liberated in east Mosul
Lens Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Exposure 1/160 sec, f/11, ISO400
RISH-BORN photojournalist,
Ivor Prickett, is settling
back into his New York
apartment, having just
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earlier, American forces declared the
battle a success and the war against the
extreme Islamic state to be over, their
caliphate defeated. But with nearly
three years of hardened experience
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Iraq as well as Syria, Ivor has every
reason to be sceptical about such claims.
For the next few days, he’ll enjoy some
well-deserved R and R in New York,
including time for this interview...
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I have the answer. On this most recent
trip the access was really bad. The Syrian
Kurdish forces who are in control in the
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the past decade
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humanitarian crises
in the Middle East. On
his return from Syria
he tells Keith Wilson
about the realities of
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