Heartwarming images of hope from Iraqi villages as Isis control wears off

Islamic State militants killed a couple three days earlier as they were seeking freedom from their rule.

By Samhati Bhattacharjya
November 5, 2016 11:47 +08

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — Kurdish Peshmerga fighters carry a wheelchair-bound man, Abbas Ali, 42, after he escaped with his wife and four children from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — Kurdish Peshmerga fighters help Iraqi women and children climb over a berm as they were escaping the Islamic State controlled village of Abu Jarboa at the frontline, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — A Kurdish peshmerga fighter searches a displaced man after he escaped from the Islamic State controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — Wheelchair-bound man, Abbas Ali, 42, cries with relief after escaping with his wife and four children from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — Kurdish Peshmerga fighter takes his position during battle with Islamic State near Abu Jarboa village, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — An Iraqi girl smiles after escaping from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter frisks a displaced man who escaped from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — Kurdish Peshmerga fighters question a man who escaped from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — Iraqi women and children sit near the berm after escaping from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters

Heartwarming images of Iraqi people escaping from Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa — Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and two displaced Iraqi boys sit at a berm after they escaped from the Islamic State-controlled village of Abu Jarboa, Iraq. Reuters