Following its liberation from the Islamic State, a Libyan fighter walks through the Ouagadougou Conference Center, built during the rule of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Sirte, Libya. Septe (...)
A German fighter with the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in a military base. Many foreign fighters joined the so-called caliphate but others came to Iraq or Syria to join Kurdish forces fi (...)
Manar al Hareth from Raqqa, Syria. The 24-year-old was in the Al-Khansaa Brigade, an all-women Islamic State police unit tasked with enforcing the terror group's strict interpretation of Sharia law (...)
Manar al Hareth from Raqqa, Syria. The 24-year-old was in the Al-Khansaa Brigade, an all-women Islamic State police unit tasked with enforcing the terror group's strict interpretation of Sharia law (...)
Islamic State fighters set fire to oil wells near Qayyarah, to provide cover from Iraqi Air Force and US-led coalition. November 2016. Qayyarah, Iraq. © Lorenzo Meloni / Magnum Photos
A Sirte road scarred by tank manoeuvres during a military operation against the Islamic State. The Libyan forces rely heavily on outdated Soviet-era equipment. Sirte, Libya. July 2015. © Lorenzo Me (...)
Food cans abandoned by fighters in the desert. Approximately 90 percent of Libya is desert, and the Islamic State were able to grow there unchecked, before they announced their Mediterranean branch (...)
Inmates in one of the Hasakah Central Prison's cells, where up to 200 prisoners suspected of being Islamic State fighters are held in a room. The prisoners are kept in overcrowded cells in poor liv (...)
Manar al Hareth from Raqqa, Syria. The 24-year-old was in the Al-Khansaa Brigade, an all-women Islamic State police unit tasked with enforcing the terror group's strict interpretation of Sharia law (...)
