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Thousands of Yezidis trapped in the Sinjar mountains as they tried to escape from Islamic State forces, are rescued by Kurdish Peshmerga forces and...
An Iraqi militia fighter from Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Saraya al-Salam , fires a mortar during heavy clashes with Islamic State fighters in...
An Iraqi soldier fires a machine gun towards Islamic State positions during heavy clashes in Tuz Khurmatu in Salaheddin province about 88 kilometres...
Sculptures of Israeli soldiers standing guard are seen next to a sign for tourists showing the different distances to Jerusalem, Baghdad, Damascus...
Abdull Oun from Glasgow, voices his opinions on the recent conflicts in Iraq and Palestine to Better Together leader Alistair Darling during a visit...
Abdull Oun from Glasgow, voices his opinions on the recent conflicts in Iraq and Palestine to Better Together leader Alistair Darling during a visit...
Abdull Oun from Glasgow, voices his opinions on the recent conflicts in Iraq and Palestine to Better Together leader Alistair Darling during a visit...
Displaced Iraqi children, who fled their home a few weeks ago due to attacks by Islamic State jihadists in the northern city of Mosul, play at the...
August 25, 2014 dated pictures show Peshmerga forces' ongoing progression to fight against army forces led by Islamic State and seize to regain areas...
Peshmerga fighters' miltary vehicles are positioned at their post in the strategic Jalawla area, in Diyala province, which is a gateway to Baghdad,...
Kurdish Peshmergas bombing to area of Islamic State during the fight against IS militants to regain the control of the town of Celavle in Diyala...
Iraqi emergency service personnel inspect the sit of a roadside bomb attack near under-construction buildings in the Kurdish-controlled northern...
Shiite Muslim fighter, loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, takes part in a last combat training near the city of Najaf on August 23 before...
Shiite Muslim fighters, loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, take part in a last combat training near the city of Najaf on August 23 before...
This photo shows an aerial view of Arbil in Iraqi Kurdistan on August 21, 2014. France sent on August 21 a third convoy of humanitarian aid with...
Young Iraqis, who fled violence in the northern city of Tal Afar, stand next to a tent at the Bahrka camp, 10 km west of Arbil in the autonomous...
Iraqi Shiite fighters, loyal to Muslim Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, take part in military and first aid training on August 19 in the shrine city of...
Members of the Iraqi anti-terrorism forces wave the national flag in celebration after securing a checkpoint from Sunni militants in the village of...
Kurdish peshmerga fighter looks at smoke rising in the horizon following US airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants at Mosul Dam on the...
Peshmerga fighter guard a position on front line of fighting with Islamic State militants 20 kilometres east of Mosul, on August 18, 2014. Kurdish...
Peshmerga fighter flashes the sign for victory on top of an armoured vehicle on the front line of fighting with Islamic State militants 20 kilometres...
Peshmerga fighter looks at smoke rising in the horizon on the front line of fighting with Islamic State militants 20 kilometres east of Mosul, on...
Shiite fighter loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, holds a position as they back the Iraqi army in the fight against Islamic State...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters celebrate sitting on the back of a truck as they head to the Mosul dam on the Tigris river that they recaptured from...
Ethnic Yazidi protest against the ongoing attacks against Yazidi in northern Iraq on August 16, 2014 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of...
An Iraqi Yazidi girl, who fled her home when Islamic State militants attacked the town of Sinjar, skips inside a building under construction where...
An Iraqi Yazidi woman, who fled her home when Islamic State militants attacked the town of Sinjar, looks at her baby as they rest inside a building...
An Iraqi Yazidi boy, who fled his home when Islamic State militants attacked the town of Sinjar, looks down the staircase of a building under...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters monitor the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August 16,...
Flag of the autonomous Kurdistan region flies as Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position to monitor the area from their front line post in...
Yazidi women cry over the loss of her loved ones during a protest of ethnic Yazidis against the ongoing attacks against Yazidi in northern Iraq on...
Kurdish peshmerga patrol of a bridge leading from Guver village to Mosul, destroyed by army groups led by Islamic State , formerly known as ISIL, on...
Kurdish peshmerga patrol of a bridge leading from Guver village to Mosul, destroyed by army groups led by Islamic State , formerly known as ISIL, on...
Kurdish peshmerga patrol of a bridge leading from Guver village to Mosul, destroyed by army groups led by Islamic State , formerly known as ISIL, on...
Iraqi Yezidis escaping from attacks of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter in Viransehir district of Sanliurfa city, south-eastern Turkey...
Yezidi woman Gevri Qasim talks in tears after Iraqis escaping from attacks of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter in Viransehir district...
Iraqi Yezidis escaping from attacks of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter in Viransehir district of Sanliurfa city, south-eastern Turkey...
Iraqi Yezidis escaping from attacks of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter in Viransehir district of Sanliurfa city, south-eastern Turkey...
Yezidi woman Bese Hidir talks in tears after Iraqis escaping from attacks of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter in Viransehir district...
Yazidi Iraqi woman sits with her children at the Bajid Kandala camp near the Tigris River, in Kurdistan's western Dohuk province, where they took...
Young Iraqi Yazidi refugee pours water on himself as he took refuge at the Newroz camp in Hasaka province, north eastern Syria, on August 14 after...
Young Iraqi Yazidi refugees fill bottles with water at the Newroz camp in Hasaka province, north eastern Syria, on August 14 after fleeing advances...
Young Iraqi Yazidi refugee sits next to a tent at the Newroz camp in Hasaka province, north eastern Syria, on August 14 after fleeing advances by...
Iraqi Yazidis refugee settle in at Newroz camp in Hasaka province, north eastern Syria on August 14 after fleeing Islamic State militants in Iraq....
An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter plays a musical instrument on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km West of...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 km West of Arbil, the...
An RAF C-130 transport plane lands in heavy fog early in the morning on August 14, 2014 in Akrotiri, Cyprus.Royal Air Force C-130 Hercules military...
Displaced Iraqi families from the Yazidi community cross the Iraqi-Syrian border at the Fishkhabur crossing, in northern Iraq, on August 13, 2014. At...
Displaced Iraqi Yazidis, who fled a jihadist onslaught on Sinjar, stand inside a tent after they took refuge at the Bajid Kandala camp in Kurdistan's...
Displaced Iraqi Yazidis, who fled a jihadist onslaught on Sinjar, gather to collect bottles of water at the Bajid Kandala camp in Kurdistan's western...
Iraqi children from the Yazidi community wave to Kurdish Peshmerga forces near Dohuk, the Kurdish region of autonomous Kurdistan in Iraq, after they...
An Iraqi woman walks past the debris at the scene of an explosion that took place the previous night in Baghdad's commercial district of Karrada on...
Iraqis from the Yazidi community stand in a building under construction used as shelter after their fled their hometown which was attacked by Sunni...
Iraqis including Turkmen, Shabaks, Kurds, Yezidis and Christians, fleeing from assaults of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter at Bahirka...
Iraqis including Turkmen, Shabaks, Kurds, Yezidis and Christians, fleeing from assaults of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter at Bahirka...
Iraqis including Turkmen, Shabaks, Kurds, Yezidis and Christians, fleeing from assaults of army groups led by Islamic State , take shelter at Bahirka...
Iraqi Yezidi refugees escaping from attacks of Islamic State, try to hold on life in Sirnak city of Turkey on August 12, 2014. Iraqi Yezidi people...
Iraqi Yezidi people try to get an efficient cell signal near cell towers in Sirnak, Turkey on August 11, 2014 in order to make phone calls to talk...
Man is in a destroyed headquarters of Islamic State , formerly known as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant , militants following Peshmerga forces'...