'Tell the world we want to go home' – life in Mosul as seen by illustrator George Butler

The artist joined Iraqi special forces as they fought their way into west Mosul in their bid to destroy Isis. He found displaced people with little hope

Last April, I joined the Iraqi special forces’ “golden division” as they fought Islamic State in west Mosul. The old city is home to deeply embedded Isis fighters who hold an estimated 200,000 civilians hostage with car bombs and gunfights. It is an impossible situation for the US-led coalition, one that offers little hope for the people of Mosul. These drawings, I believe, are the first of this conflict and address some of the more common scenes while the war continues: from the liberated areas to the frontline, the destroyed streets, the camps for internally displaced people and the Isis screening centres.

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