Operation Valhalla

Yes, we put it back.

Hedgehog, found in no man’s land.

On patrol in the Deathmobile on the Nineveh plain

Fun park on the edge of the Christian town of Alqosh, where Aramaic – the language of Christ – is still spoken. It is also the location of one of the few remaining synagogues in Iraq. The residents fled as Daesh approached. But Christian fighters hiding in the caves above town, near the Monastery of Saint Hirmiz, were able to prevent it from being sacked. The people have now returned and the town is prospering despite being close to the front lines.

Petrol station on the highway heading outside the excellently named town of Doghat

Peshmerga sentries sitting beside a road.

Peshmerga occupied house.

Two foreign fighters taking a break. One is an ex-paratrooper, the other an EOD technician. Both are ex-army and veterans of the Sinjar siege. Both excellent soldiers.

Stoya.

Mark, the youngest Assyrian fighter.

Mark, Rocky and F.

Bath time. The youngest Assyrian and foreign fighters, Mark and F., wash Rocky, Ritchko and Stoya.