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Tanks, blindfolds, niqabs and mass graves.
With its self-proclaimed caliphate in decline, ISIS fighters are fleeing villages and towns in Syria and Iraq following a ground offensive that began last fall. Reuters photographers have been documenting these former ISIS strongholds as the group continues to lose territory. Here are some of the things they found abandoned by the fighters.
A tank
In Qaraqosh, east of Mosul. Nov. 8, 2016.
Zohra Bensemra / Reuters
A safe
Inside a cash collection center in Turkman Bareh village, in northern Aleppo. Oct. 7, 2016.
Khalil Ashawi / Reuters
A sword
An Iraqi soldier who found the sword in Intisar district in Mosul said the weapon was similar to the ones used by ISIS for beheadings. Nov. 6, 2016.
Zohra Bensemra / Reuters
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