Flowery PKK graffiti

Listed as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the EU and the US, the PKK have a stronghold in Sinjar and say they would like to see it declared an Autonomous state for the Yezidi people. Whether this is a personal branding exercise or independent street art is unknown.

Author: Elizabeth Fitt

Image size: 24.2 Mpixels (69.1 MB uncompressed) - 6016x4016 pixels (20.1x13.4 in / 50.9x34 cm at 300 ppi)

Image keywords: 2017, airstrike, battle, broken, building, buildings, concrete, conflict, Daesh, damage, damaged, destroyed, exactly as it was, flattened, iraq, ISIS, may, metal, old, old town, peshmerga, piles, PKK, rebar, rubble, shingal, sinjar, sinjar city, street, sunset, twisted, war, yezidi

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The main temple of the Yezidi in Sinjar was raised to the ground by ISIS when they invaded the city in August 2014

This is what happens to personal belongings when an airstrike hits. Sinjar City, Iraq, May 2017

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