Sirte, the ISIS caliphate starts crumbling

The entries proposed feature the battle and defeat of Daesh in the stronghold of Sirte, bringing relief for 80,000 inhabitants after a 7-month battle that left most of the town in rubble, where 711 Libyan fighters have been killed, 3,200 have been wounded and 1800 Daesh fighters are reported dead. This battle has a strategic importance because of its tribal make- up, proxim¬ity to the oil terminals and the South of Europe but also because it is revealing sign of the crumbling of the so-called caliphate and it clearly damages Daesh’s ability to show it is expanding globally. It is represents the deprive of a foothold outside Iraq and Syria, where the battle is still far from being over.

photographer focused on conflict zones and humanitarian crises