Boats are the way for the continuation of life in besieged Dhuluyia

, north of Baghdad, in which its people are fighting the terrorists since  several months ago.

The boats sailed by Iraqi across Tigris River despite sniper fire and mortar shells to get to al- Jabour area south of Dhuluyia (90 km) north of Baghdad seems to be the main source of continue resistance against the terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria “ISIS” organization.

The boats are being loaded when they arrive to the port of small Balad city south of Dhuluyia  with vegetables , cooking gas and ice, or a passenger sitting gingerly before meandering waterways.

The smoke emitted from boat engines in back and forth trip , generating a wave of water to the broad center of a wide island of a range of reeds.

In Jabour area, tribal people are fighting alongside security forces to fight the militants belonging to the extremist organization "ISIS" that dominated the surrounding areas since their vicious attacks, which began last June.

Mohammed Abdel-Mutlaq , one of the tribal leaders of al- Jabour and has the same name of their town talks about the boats trip carrying locals as well as people going to have treatment, as "vital road".

Some men who were working in different occupations, including Nathem Issa al-Obaid, who was an employee in the Ministry of Education at the outbreak of the recent conflicts, spend now the daylight hours in sailing the boats.

The transport fares are simple compared to the risks faced by boats, and pay a thousand dinars (less than a dollar) for per passenger and five thousand dinars (about four dollars) per passenger with his goods, said Obaid. He stressed that "there is a lot of risk" across the river.

The sites where boats gather at both sides of the river boats have been exposed to mortar fire and sniper fire as well as cutting the road across the river.

Arkan Abdullah, a police officer in command of one of the boats believes that "the most important thing is the safety of passengers."

He noted that once, "he was transferring five passengers and a mortar shell landed just twenty meters" away from his boat and they were lucky because they did not get hurt “.

According to Mohammed, who is also one of the town elders said that a child was killed and four children were wounded by a bombing that took place last week.

Upon movement of boats carrying cargo or passengers, boats go with the river water flow and then move to the other side to a place at the end of the island to go after close to it to arrive to Dhuluyia.

The sailors of the boats know their way well. They move slowly in some places close to the river's edge and rush elsewhere to avoid the risk of snipers of ISIS.

Upon arrival at the point of Dhuluiya, they turn to port between high cane plants where passengers can step out and unload goods as a new water wave shows as they set off again across Tigris River for another journey along the edge of the river, and from the besieged area.

Abdullah says optimistically, "we will win with God will."