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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi volunteer groups hold a position close to the village of Bashir in the Daquq district, 28 miles (45 kilometers) south of Kirkuk, Iraq, on April 18, 2015 as they launched an operation aiming to recapture nearby villages from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. (AFP Photo/Marwan Ibrahim)
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Kurdish Peshmerga forces inspect a destroyed building belonging to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants on the outskirts of Tel Alwad, west of the city of Kirkuk, on March 9, 2015. (Reuters/Ako Rasheed)
Kurdish forces attack ISIS west of Kirkuk
Erbil, Reuters—Kurdish forces drove Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants back from the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Monday, in an advance backed by heavy airstrikes from the US-led coalition fighting the extremist group. Speaking to a local...Caption:
A Kurdish sniper looks down on the Syrian city of Kobani on January 30, 2015, a few days after ISIS withdrew from the city.
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Kobani: A Looming Humanitarian Disaster
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—After four months of incessant fighting, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has finally been driven out of Kobani, but with much of the Syrian border town in ruins and its population dispersed, the fight for the future of the city has...Caption:
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters inspect an rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher as they take control of the area, on the outskirts of Mosul on February 6, 2015. (Reuters/Ari Jalal)
Kurdish Peshmerga surround Mosul from three sides: official
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish Peshmerga forces have surrounded Mosul from three sides ahead of a planned operation to liberate the city from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) control, a senior Peshmerga official said. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Peshmerga...Caption:
In this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 image released by the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), A Kurdish peshmerga stands on a military tank preparing for battle against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. (AP Photo)