The War Up North: Iraq Combat Outpost Rabiya

Iraq Mosul Insurgency War
Photographs for TIME by Yuri Kozyrev / Noor

Muddy Patch of Earth
A soldier tends a fire inside the base. Typically, soldiers spend two to three days at Rabiya before getting a brief break at the main U.S. camp, Forward Operating Base Marez, where they can get a hot meal and a shower.

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