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The Mystery Of The Last Survivor Of Telskuf
Kurdistan (Iraq) / Places We Go

The Mystery Of The Last Survivor Of Telskuf

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Justin • 5 Comments

This is the English language version of our article published today in Il Giornale’s The Eyes Of War. The old woman huddled on the floor in front of us is wiping away her tears with hands adorned in tattoos of Christian crosses.  She is beseeching us, however no one present knows what she is so … Continue reading →

Iraq / Places We Go

Another Day On The Front Lines: The Kurdish Peshmerga In Combat

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Justin • Leave a comment

  * The Kurdish Peshmerga have fought their way deep into Iraq, to the edge of Mosul, and are now dug in, just waiting for the order to join in the final assault to take the city back from the Islamic State…       Continue reading →

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