Al Fazliya, Iraq (CNN) A group of small boys peer in through the broken window of a tiny barbershop, witnesses to an unfamiliar sight: a man having his beard shaved off.
Some of the younger boys seem almost perplexed.
Even the man with the razor, Ahmed abu Usama, says he’s out of practice. For two years, his business has consisted of regulation “ISIS-approved” haircuts and no shaves. Shaving was banned by the terror group when it took over this village.
The town of al Fazliya is just 20 kilometers (about 12.5 miles) north of Mosul and a mere 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the nearest ISIS position. Six days ago, ISIS fled this town as Kurdish Peshmerga forces advanced.
And in that time, Ahmed has hardly put down his clippers — more than 200 men and boys have come in for haircuts and shaves.
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Iraqi town celebrates being liberated from ISIS with smoking, shaving and haircuts https://t.co/KSH8IoHl1I pic.twitter.com/S1EwaZ6JcV
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