Photographs from Iraq (2015-2016) during the international war against the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Above: Children run through a cemetery after the Islamic State set fire to oil wells in Qayyarah, Iraq, intending to obscure the view of coalition aircraft. 2016.
Soldiers of the Hashd al-Shaabi, an Iraqi state sponsored paramilitary force, during the first major military offensive against the Islamic State, in Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
An Islamic State vehicular borne improvised explosive device is detonated as Hashd al-Shaabi soldiers look on, in the village of Zarqa, south of Mosul, Iraq. 2016.
Suspected Islamic State members are detained by Hashd al-Shaabi soldiers. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
Evening prayer, inside the shrine of Imam Hussain, one of the holiest sites for Shiite muslims. The mosque was under threat by the self-proclaimed Islamic State. Karbala, Iraq. 2015.
Women and children arrive to a refugee camp east of Mosul. Bashiqa, Iraq. 2016.
Children, near a burning oil well the Islamic State had lit fire to. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
Lumaa Mazahem, 28, of Hawija, Iraq fled her home when the Islamic State gained territory in 2014. She had been separated from her family since, and with the region recently being liberated from the Islamic State, she hoped to reunite with her family. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
People flee from the Battle for Mosul. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
Volunteers from the Hashd al-Shaabi inspect a dead Islamic State soldier after the Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Tikrit from ISIS control. During the battle for Tikrit, Shiite militias, who took part of liberating the city alongside the Iraqi Security Forces, were often accused of human rights abuses, such as lynching captured ISIS fighters, and of looting and arson as well. The militias would often deny any wrongdoing. The fighter was said to have been from Tajikistan, having a passport from the country on him. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
The body of an Islamic State soldier. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
Mourners carry the caskets of soldiers from the Badr Brigade, an Iraqi shiite militia who were said to have had died during the Battle for Tikrit fighting the Islamic State. Baghdad, Iraq. 2015. of the Hashd al-Shaab militia in Baghdad. .
Women mourn at a funeral for soldiers of the Badr Brigade, an Iraqi shiite militia who were said to have had died during the Battle for Tikrit fighting the Islamic State. Baghdad, Iraq. 2015.
A man smokes a cigarette near a burning oil well lit by ISIS. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
Remains after an airstrike. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
A Hashd al-Shaabi soldier prays at a forward operating base south of Mosul. Zarqa, Iraq. 2016.
Iraqi Security Forces launch an airstrike against the Islamic State in Tikrit, Iraq during the first major military offensive by the international coalition. The coalition had difficulty advancing in Tikrit due to the high numbers of IED's placed by the Islamic State throughout the city, along with snipers and suicide bombers halting most ground advances. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
Wadi-al-Salaam cemetery. Najaf, Iraq. 2015.
Hashd al-Shaabi soldiers. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
Camp Speicher. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
After a roadside bomb. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
Shiite militia soldiers of "Sarya al Jihad". Maqaeshfa, Iraq. 2015.
Hashd al-Shaabi soldier. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
Hashd al-Shaabi soldiers speak with residents shortly after they were liberated from the Islamic State. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
After ISIS. Qayyarah, Iraq. 2016.
Hashd al-Shaabi soldiers and supporters pray outside of the city of Tikrit, where Iraqi forces battled what was left of the Islamic State to recapture the city on April 2, 2015.
Hashd al-Shaabi soldiers. Tikrit, Iraq. 2015.
. City at night. Baghdad, Iraq. 2015.