![Iran Heavy Artillery Pounds Iraqi Kurdistan Region](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ccc.jpg)
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Turkish army tanks manoeuver as Turkish Kurds watch over the Syrian town of Kobani. (photo credit:REUTERS)
![Iran Heavy Artillery Pounds Iraqi Kurdistan Region](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ccc.jpg)
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Civilians displaced by heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and ISIS militants queue outside a tent set up by MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, to provide medical aid at a shelter in Makhmour, east of Mosul, Iraq. AP
![ISIS Captures Thousands of Civilians in Iraq amid Fears of a Massacre](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/women.jpg)
ISIS Captures Thousands of Civilians in Iraq amid Fears of a Massacre
Erbil-ISIS executed a number of residents while trying to flee the organization’s controlled town of Hawijah in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraqi official and security sources said on Friday. ISIS had detained thousands of civilians who were fleeing the town,...Caption:
ISIS militants celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces, at a street in the city of Mosul, June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer
![Nineveh’s Nujaifi: Iran Seeks to Provoke Arab-Kurdish Strife](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ISIS.jpg)
Nineveh’s Nujaifi: Iran Seeks to Provoke Arab-Kurdish Strife
Irbil-Former Governor of Nineveh Atheel al-Nujaifi reiterated that Iran’s nonstop determination to incorporate paramilitary militias such as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq proves its expansionist intentions. Iran, via proxy militias, wishes to extend...Caption:
Women traditionally form a major part of Kurdish fighting forces, and they are well represented among Kurdish forces in neighboring Turkey and Iraq. (File photo: AFP)
![KRG Representative at EU: Gasoil Exports to Europe to Begin in 2019](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Kurdistan.jpg)
KRG Representative at EU: Gasoil Exports to Europe to Begin in 2019
Erbil – Despite the important role of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in war on ISIS and good relations with western countries, Peshmerga still haven’t received its needed weapons to fight ISIS. KRG officials said that the military aid sent by coalition is not...Caption:
An injured member of Kurdish Peshmerga forces reacts as smoke rises after an attack at Bai Hassan oil station, northwest of Kirkuk, Iraq, July 31, 2016. Reuters
![ISIS Breaks into West Kirkuk, Iraq Energy Facilities](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/MW-ES814_iraq07_ZG_20160731164427.jpg)