A Peshmerga Soldier walks through the second security screening point of the Makhtab Ahmed checkpoint, observing people crossing the ad-hoc border between Kurdistan and the Islamic State. Kirkuk, Iraq.
Arab men and women exit busses which transfer them from the first to the second security screening points of the Makhtab Ahmed checkpoint. Kirkuk, Iraq.
Arab men and women exit busses which transfer them from the first to the second security screening points of the Makhtab Ahmed checkpoint. Kirkuk, Iraq.
Passengers load into a bus with goods and groceries purchased in Kurdish controlled Kirkuk, to return to their villages under control of the Islamic State. Shuttle busses run passengers between the first and second security screening points of Makh
Passengers load into a bus with goods and groceries purchased in Kurdish controlled Kirkuk, to return to their villages under control of the Islamic State. Shuttle busses run passengers between the first and second security screening points of Makh
Droves of people coming into the first security point of the Makhtab Ahmed checkpoint. The first checkpoint of the Islamic state is just 500 meters to the southwest, on Tikrit-Kirkuk road. Kirkuk, Iraq. (Photographers note: the IS checkpoint is dir
Attalaf al Nour - a farmer and Sunni Arab who had brought his wife and five children to Kirkuk' s bazaar with him for a day of shopping. He lives in Salahaddin province. The family comes across the border to Kirkuk every 10 days or so for supplies t
Shuttle busses run passengers between the first and second security screening points of Makhtab Ahmed checkpoint. The bus drivers make 5,000 Iraqi Dinar per passenger to shuttle people the 1 kilometer between the first and second security screening
As seen from what is formerly an Islamic state guard tower, shuttle busses run passengers between the first and second security screening points of Makhtab Ahmed checkpoint. The bus drivers make 5,000 Iraqi Dinar per passenger to shuttle people the
Kurdish Peshmerga fighting positions line the eastern bank of the Tigris River between Kirkuk and Tikrit. Kirkuk, Iraq.
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