
epa05599714 A view of the ransacked and destroyed interior of one of the four churches of the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
Mosul: umieranie Kościołów
Wyzwolone miasta spod władzy tzw. Państwa Islamskiego okazują ponury widok. W mieście Bartila 27 km. od Mosulu (Irak) zniszczono wszystkie cztery kościoły chrześcijańskie. Spalono starodruki pergaminowe, Biblie. Wypędzono chrześcijan. Tak umiera tu Kościół. (Foto. PAP/EPA/AMEL PAIN)
- epa05599609 An Iraqi Army soldier looks on from an armored vehicle two days after the liberation of the formerly IS held town of Bartila, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
- epa05599633 An exterior view of one of the four churches of the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
- epa05599640 A view of the ransacked and destroyed interior of one of the four churches of the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

- epa05599660 The beheaded statue of an Iraqi Assyrian Church of the East figure, in the courtyard of a damaged church in the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
- epa05599672 Torn pages of a bible written in the ancient Syriac language on the floor of a damaged church at the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

- epa05599678 A view of the ransacked and destroyed interior of one of the four churches of the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
- epa05599683 Cooking utensils, clothes, and food items lay on the floor in the building of a damaged church at the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

- epa05599714 A view of the ransacked and destroyed interior of one of the four churches of the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
- epa05599791 A graffiti reads in Arabic 'conficsated by Islamic State’ on the wall of a destroyed restaurant of the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.

- epa05599793 Burned bible story books lay on the ground of a damaged church in the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
- epa05599799 A Soldier of the Iraqi Army flashes a victory sign as he drives towards the formerly IS held town of Bartila, two days after its liberation, some 27 km East of Mosul, Iraq, 23 October 2016. Iraqi forces on 23 October allowed some journalists to enter one section of the town of Bartila after clearing its main streets of mines. While North of Mosul battles continues in nearby Qarqosh, Bashika, and some villages around Bartila. EPA journalists reported air strikes by F16 jets on various positions while sound of explosions of various IED (Improvised Explosive Device) kept roaring every now and then during the short visit to the ghost town. EPA/AMEL PAIN Dostawca: PAP/EPA.
