Peshmerga fighters of Iraq
Kurdish peshmerga forces celebrate as they take control of the town of Sulaiman Pek from the ISIS militants, Sept. 1, 2014. ISIS had occupied on the town for three months.
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A peshmerga fighter loads a weapon as he guards a position on front line of fighting with ISIS militants 20 kilometers east of Mosul, Aug. 18, 2014.
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A peshmerga fighter gestures from an armed military vehicle as he guards a post in the strategic Jalawla area, in Diyala province, which is a gateway to Baghdad, as battles with ISIS jihadists continue, Aug. 25, 2014. Kurdish forces backed by Iraqi air support retook three villages in the Jalawla area, as well as a main road used by jihadists to transport fighters and supplies, peshmerga members said.
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Kurdish peshmerga troops take part in an intensive security deployment against ISIS militants, on the outskirts of the province of Nineveh, Aug. 6, 2014.
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Saber Barazani, center, a commander of Kurdistan's peshmerga forces, stands with a group of Kurdish peshmergas at the Qarasukh mountains near the town of Makhmur, Aug. 18, 2014.
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Kurdish peshmerga fighters eat lunch at a military base on the outskirts of Gwer, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2014.
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Peshmerga fighters walk at Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, Aug. 21, 2014. Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq's biggest dam from Islamist militants with the help of U.S. air strikes to secure a vital strategic objective in fighting that threatens to break up the country, Kurdish and U.S. officials said on Monday.
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A Kurdish peshmerga soldier holds a Kurdistan flag during an intensive security deployment after clashes with militants of the ISIS, in Jalawla, Diyala province, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2014. Iraqi government forces and Kurdish peshmerga fighters attempted on Friday to recapture two towns in the north from Islamic State militants, security sources said.
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Kurdish peshmerga forces guard their position at Omar Khaled village near Tal Afar, west of Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 24, 2014. Peshmerga forces intensified their defenses in the southern parts of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk on Saturday, defending ramparts just a few hundred meters away from ISIS militants.
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Kurdish peshmerga forces stand guard at the Bakirta frontline near the town of Makhmur, south of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan Aug. 27, 2014.
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Kurdish peshmerga fighters guard their position on the Jalawla front line in the northeastern district of Baquba near the city of Khanaqin, Aug. 29, 2014.
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Kurdish peshmerga fighters keep watch on the Jalawla front line in the northeastern district of Baquba near the city of Khanaqin, Aug. 29, 2014.
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A Kurdish peshmerga fighter keeps watch on the Jalawla front line in the northeastern district of Baquba near the city of Khanaqin, Aug. 29, 2014.
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Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters fire at ISIS militant positions from the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak, 40 kilomters west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Aug. 14, 2014.
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