Libie, Sirte, 02-10-2016 13:38 Aan de frontlijn in Sirte waar hevige gevechten plaatsvinden tussen Libische rebellen en de Islamitische Staat. Foto: Jeroen Oerlemans/de Beeldunie
Libie, Sirte, 02-10-2016 11:08 Aan de frontlijn in Sirte waar hevige gevechten plaatsvinden tussen Libische rebellen en de Islamitische Staat. Foto: Jeroen Oerlemans/de Beeldunie
Libie, Sirte, 02-10-2016 11:41 Aan de frontlijn in Sirte waar hevige gevechten plaatsvinden tussen Libische rebellen en de Islamitische Staat. Foto: Jeroen Oerlemans/de Beeldunie
Libie, Sirte, 02-10-2016 12:24 Aan de frontlijn in Sirte waar hevige gevechten plaatsvinden tussen Libische rebellen en de Islamitische Staat. Foto: Jeroen Oerlemans/de Beeldunie
Libie, Sirte, 02-10-2016 13:31 Aan de frontlijn in Sirte waar hevige gevechten plaatsvinden tussen Libische rebellen en de Islamitische Staat. Foto: Jeroen Oerlemans/de Beeldunie
Libya, Sirte, September 2016~Mohammed Friwan, the Sherlock Holmes amongst the deminers, dismantling a bomb in district 2.~Demining team is cleaning the area after it is reconquered on Islamic State (D...
Libya, Sirte, September 2016~Mohammed Friwan, the Sherlock Holmes amongst the deminers, dismantling a bomb in district 2.~Demining team is cleaning the area after it is reconquered on Islamic State (D...
Libya, Sirte, September 2016~Demining team is cleaning the area after it is reconquered on Islamic State (Daesh). ~From left to right: Mohammed Friwan, Colonel Khaled Hanka and Ahmed al-Sharifi.~Photo...
Libya, Sirte, September 2016~Dead bodies often have bomb vests strapped to them. The Red Crescent workers pick up the bodies after the area is reconquered on Islamic State (Daesh). ~Photo: Jeroen Oerl...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 2 JULI 2016 The Grand Mosque of Misrata. Despite having an orthodox religious reputation, people of Misrata generally don't warm to the IS version of Islam. Originally a city of trader...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 2 JULI 2016 A man on a hoover board places an order at a fast food restaurant. Originally a city of traders, mistrusted and surpressed by Khadafi, Misrata rapidly militarised after the...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 2 JULI 2016 The souq in Misrata, in the background the Grand Mosque. Originally a city of traders, mistrusted and surpressed by Khadafi, Misrata rapidly militarised after the 2011 revo...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 30 JUNE 2016 Children with toy guns walk the streets of Misrata at night. Originally a city of traders, mistrusted and surpressed by Khadafi, Misrata rapidly militarised after the 2011...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 30 JUNE 2016 A mural depicts the rise of Misrata against Khadafi in 2011. Originally a city of traders, mistrusted and surpressed by Khadafi, Misrata rapidly militarised after the 2011...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 30 JUNE 2016 A Toyota Landcruiser outfitted with a mounted ZPU-2, 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, a widely used weapon in consecutive Libyan wars, makes its way through the Misrata traffic. O...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 30 JUNE 2016 A Toyota Landcruiser outfitted with a mounted ZPU-2, 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, a widely used weapon in consecutive Libyan wars, makes its way through the Misrata traffic. O...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 30 JUNE 2016 Toy guns on display in toy shops in the streets of Misrata. Originally a city of traders, mistrusted and surpressed by Khadafi, Misrata rapidly militarised after the 2011...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 30 JUNE 2016 A seller of Toy guns demonstrates his merchandise in his stall in the streets of Misrata. Originally a city of traders, mistrusted and surpressed by Khadafi, Misrata rapid...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 29 JUNE 2016 Sirte field hospital; medical personal tries to save the life of Hamsa Bin Nasser, a fighter of the Khaled Ibn-Al Waleed Brigade, whose artery has been hit by a piece of shr...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 29 JUNE 2016 Sirte field hospital; Misrata fighters have just brought in one of their comrades who was hit in the chest by a sniper of the Islamic State. The man will die of his wounds n...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 29 JUNE 2016 Injured medics in the field hospital in Sirte. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') from the city of Misrata, have been fighting for some months...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 29 JUNE 2016 The Sirte field hospital; fighters mourn the loss of one of their comrades who was shot by an IS sniper. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') fr...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 29 JUNE 2016 An old russian helicopter takes the badly wounded from the field hospital in Sirte to the hospital in Misrata. The Libyan government seeks to bring the wounded fighters whos...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 29 JUNE 2016 An old russian helicopter takes the badly wounded from the field hospital in Sirte to the hospital in Misrata. The Libyan government seeks to bring the wounded fighters whos...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A scouting group has done a reconnaissance around Sirte's television station in 'District 2' that is fiercely defended by IS militants. Various Libyan army units, mainly mad...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A scouting group has done a reconnaissance around Sirte's television station in 'District 2' that is fiercely defended by IS militants. Various Libyan army units, mainly mad...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 Misrata fighters cross a street that's within the sights of IS snipers. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') from the city of Misrata, have been...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A forensic team digs up the body of an Islamic State fighter for reburial in an islamic way. He and other fighters had been hastily buried there by fellow IS militants while...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A forensic team digs up the body of an Islamic State fighter for reburial in an islamic way. He and other fighters had been hastily buried there by fellow IS militants while...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 Ammunition depots backdropped from far by the looming Ouagadougou-center in Sirte. The congress center, a huge complex built by Khadaffi, was ferociously defended by IS mili...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 The looming Ouagadougou-center in Sirte. This congress center, a huge complex built by Khadaffi, was ferociously defended by IS militants for a long time. Only when the US s...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A Misrata fighter shows a picture he made on his telephone of a dead 'Daesh'(IS)-fighter, whom he thinks is a Yemenite. According to Libyans IS in Sirte is to a large extent...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A Toyota Landcruiser outfitted with a mounted ZPU-2, 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, a widely used weapon in consecutive Libyan wars. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of b...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 Misrata fighters drive an armoured vehicle in Sirte. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') from the city of Misrata, have been fighting for some...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 A gunners crutch lays next to a car-mounted 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, a widely used weapon in consecutive Libyan wars. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades (...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 Misrata fighters on their way to the Sirte frontline. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') from the city of Misrata, have been fighting for some...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 An old russian helicopter takes the badly wounded from the field hospital in Sirte to the hospital in Misrata. The Libyan government seeks to bring the wounded fighters whos...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A gunners seat behind a Landcruiser-mounted ZPU-2, 23 mm anti-aircraft gun, a widely used weapon in consecutive Libyan wars. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of bri...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 . Ashraf Al-Ageel (far right in the picture), platoon commander of one of the platoons of the Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed Brigade, discusses developments in his sector with the hel...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 Misrata fighters cheer as one of their planes drops bombs on nearby defensive positions of IS. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') from the cit...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A scouting group prepares for a reconnaissance around Sirte's television station in 'District 2' that is fiercely defended by IS militants. Various Libyan army units, mainly...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A scouting group iss preparing a reconnaissance around Sirte's television station in 'District 2' that is fiercely defended by IS militants. Various Libyan army units, mainl...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A fighter waits next to a heavy macine gun for a scouting group to return to his position. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') from the city of...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 28 JUNE 2016 A young fighter has a moment by himself in Sirte's 'District 2'. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of brigades ('Katibas') from the city of Misrata, have been fighti...
LIBYA, MISRATA, 27 JUNE 2016 A giant Libyan flag wavers over the central roundabout in Misrata. Originally a city of traders, mistrusted and surpressed by Khadafi, Misrata rapidly militarised after th...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 27 JUNE 2016 A battle tank operated by Misrata troops has taken position on a position overlooking parts of the city of Sirte that are still in the hands of IS militants. ~Various Libyan...
LIBIE, SIRTE, 27 JUNI 2016 Hamsa Bin Nasser (right in the picture) and a comrade, both fighters with the Khaled Ibn-Al Waleed Brigade, make fun of a typical IS gesture. Two days later Hamsa's artery i...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 ~A fighter of the Al-Marsa Brigade has just been hit in the head by a sniper of Islamic State ('Daesh'). It turns out to be a grazing shot. Various Libyan army units, mainly...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 ~A fighter of the Al-Marsa Brigade has mounted a helmet on the barrel of his AK-47, to draw fire from nearby snipers of Islamic State ('Daesh'), at a frontline position near...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 ~A fighter of the Al-Marsa Brigade takes cover for nearby snipers of Islamic State ('Daesh'), at a frontline position near the beach of Sirte. Various Libyan army units, mai...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 ~Fighters of the Al-Marsa Brigade exchange fire with nearby snipers of Islamic State ('Daesh'), at a frontline position near the beach of Sirte. Various Libyan army units, m...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 ~A fighter of the Al-Marsa Brigade takes aim at nearby snipers of Islamic State ('Daesh'), at a frontline position near the beach of Sirte. Various Libyan army units, mainly...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 ~Fighters of the Al-Marsa Brigade run for cover while targeted by nearby snipers of Islamic State ('Daesh'), at a frontline position near the beach of Sirte. Various Libyan...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 Fighters of the Al-Marsa Brigade shoot at positions of Islamic State ('Daesh'), at a frontline position near the beach of Sirte. Various Libyan army units, mainly made up of...
LIBYA, SIRTE, 26 JUNE 2016 ~A fighter of the Al-Marsa Brigade takes cover for nearby snipers of Islamic State ('Daesh'), at a frontline position near the beach of Sirte. Various Libyan army units, mai...
