Othman Al-Ghanmi

The Turkish defense minister and the chief of general staff paid an official visit to Baghdad on Jan. 18.

The little boy in the yellow jacket runs and jumps, alternatively waving and wiping the dust off his face. In his right hand is a strip of white cloth, intended to show he and his family are civilians. His parents are exhausted and wary, having left their home in west Mosul’s Mushairfa neighborhood, but the little boy can barely contain his excitement.