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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A sandbagged bunker, used an Iranian Kurdish peshmerga group called PAK, is seen on the summit of Bashiqa Mountain, Iraq, where the group man defensive position alongside their Iraqi-Kurdish counterparts.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_14_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. o01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A fighter belonging to Iranian Kurdish peshmerga from PAK fires a 60mm mortar from defensive emplacements on the summit of Bashiqa Mountain at ISIS locations within the town of the same name.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_13_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter keeps watch from a position on top of Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_08_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga chat between guard shifts at a defensive positon on the top of Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_06_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter uses his mobile phone as he keeps watch from a position on top of Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_01_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga officer stands in the early morning sunlight at a defensive position located on the top of Bashiqa Mountain, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_18_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A sandbagged Kurdish peshmerga defensive position on Bashiqa Mountain, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_19_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. As day breaks a Kurdish peshmerga fighter mans a sandbagged defensive position on Bashiqa Mountain, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_17_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter takes advantage of a cool breeze by sleeping under the stars behind his unit's defensive position on Bashiqa Mountain, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_15_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 02/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. Illuminated sections of the ISIS held Iraqi town of Bashiqa, and the distant lights of Mosul, are seen from peshmerga positions on Bashiqa Mountain, Iraq. The Islamic State leaves certain parts of Bashiqa town illuminated in an attempt to coax coalition airstrikes in to areas of the town away from their positions.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_16_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A puff of smoke marks the spot where a coalition aircraft dropped a bomb on ISIS vehicles moving through the town of Bashiqa, Iraq. The ISIS heald city of Mosul can be seen illuminated in the background.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_12_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter fires a DShK heavy machine gun at ISIS vehicles moving near his unit's defensive position on Bashiqa Mountain, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_11_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. Lights coming from Islamic State held Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, are seen from Kurdish peshmerga defensive positions on Bashiqa Mountain.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_10_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. Islamic State held territory, including Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, is seen from Kurdish peshmerga defensive positions on Bashiqa Mountain.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_09_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga chat between guard shifts inside their accommodation on the top of the Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_04_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga chat between guard shifts at a defensive positon on the top of Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_07_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. Personal effects of Kurdish peshmerga fighters inside their accommodation on the top of the Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
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The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_05_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter cleans an M84 general purpose machine gun during downtime at a peshmerga position on Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
<br />
The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_03_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/09/2015. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter keeps watch from a position on top of Bashiqa Mountain near Mosul, Iraq.<br />
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Bashiqa Mountain, towering over the town of the same name, is now a heavily fortified front line. Kurdish peshmerga, having withdrawn to the mountain after the August 2014 ISIS offensive, now watch over Islamic State held territory from their sandbagged high-ground positions. Regular exchanges of fire take place between the Kurds and the Islamic militants with the occupied Iraqi city of Mosul forming the backdrop.<br />
<br />
The town of Bashiqa, a formerly mixed town that had a population of Yazidi, Kurd, Arab and Shabak, now lies empty apart from insurgents. Along with several other urban sprawls the town forms one of the gateways to Iraq's second largest city that will need to be dealt with should the Kurds be called to advance on Mosul. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_BASHIQA_02_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter fires a PKM machine gun at Islamic State positions during an offensive to retake a large area around the ISIS held town of Bashiqa, Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_31_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A peshmerga T-55 tank points its gun toward Islamic State held positions as Kurdish forces carry out an operation to retake the ISIS held town of Bashiqa, Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_14_MCR.CR2
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Three Kurdish T-55 tanks advances as peshmerga fighters start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_17_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga engineers use an armoured bulldozer to clear a path as an Islamic State held village burns from coalition airstrikes during a large offensive to retake ISIS held areas near Bashiqa Iraq today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_16_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters advance at the beginning of a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_05_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Pickup trucks and armoured vehicles belonging to Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga fighters queue as they begin to drive into no-mans land as part of an operation to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016). <br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_02_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A peshmerga fighter pauses behind an earthen berm during a large offensive to retake ISIS held areas around Bashiqa near Mosul today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_23_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A peshmerga gunner fires a heavy machine gun at ISIS positions as Kurdish forces start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_22_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Peshmerga fighters sit on an armoured Humvee mounting a MILAN anti-tank guided weapon system as they advance toward ISIS positions during an offensive to retake the Islamic State held town of Bashiqa, Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_15_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish T-55 tank advances as peshmerga fighters start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_13_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Smoke from a coalition airstrike rises over the town of Tiskharab near Mosul, Iraq, during an operation to retake the Islamic State held town of Bashiqa today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_37_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Peshmerga fighters look towards the burning town of Tiskharab, where Kurdish colleagues are clearing out Islamic State positions during an operation to retake the ISIS held town of Bashiqa Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
<br />
Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_MOSUL_PESH_35_MCR.JPG
  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Peshmerga fighter looks towards the burning town of Tiskharab, where colleagues are clearing out Islamic State positions during an operation to retake the ISIS held town of Bashiqa Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter fires a PKM machine gun at Islamic State positions during an offensive to retake a large area around the ISIS held town of Bashiqa, Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter fires his M16 assault rifle at nearby Islamic State positions during an offensive to retake a large area around the ISIS held town of Bashiqa, Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga rest after taking up defensive positions along an Islamic State constructed berm during an offensive to retake the ISIS held town of Bashiqa, near Mosul, Iraq today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. An Islamic State mortar lands behind peshmerga forces as they retake the ISIS held town of Tiskharab, close to Bashiqa Iraq today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Peshmerga fighters watch as colleagues fight to retake the ISIS held town of Tiskharab,Iraq , close to Mosul, during an operation to retake areas around the town of Bashiqa from the Islamic State today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. With the smoke from coalition airstrikes in the background, peshmerga fighters are seen near the Iraqi town of Tiskharab near Mosul city, during an offensive to retake the Bashiqa area today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A peshmerga fighter pauses behind an earthen berm during a large offensive to retake ISIS held areas around Bashiqa near Mosul today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Smoke obscures a Kurdish T-55 tank after firing at ISIS held positions as peshmerga fighters start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish T-55 tank advances as peshmerga fighters start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Smoke obscures a Kurdish T-55 tank after firing at ISIS held positions as peshmerga fighters start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. The commander of a Kurdish armoured personnel carrier flashes a V for victory sign as peshmerga fighters launch an offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga machine gunner hunkers down in the turret of his armoured Humvee as he takes part in a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Four Kurdish peshmerga fighters advance along a road at the beginning of a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area, and eventually Mosul, from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter flashes a V for victory sign as he and his colleagues drive forward to take start part of an offensive to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters stand for a group photo taken by a colleague as they wait for the start of a joint Iraqi Army and peshmerga operation to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Pickup trucks and armoured vehicles belonging to Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga fighters queue as they begin to drive into no-mans land as part of an operation to retake Mosul from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016). <br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish T-55 tank advances as peshmerga fighters start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish T-55 tank advances as peshmerga fighters start a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • Bashiqa, Iraq. 20/10/2016.<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A peshmerga fighter looks towards a large explosion, possibly from a coalition airstrike, during a offensive to retake the Islamic State held city of Bashiqa, Iraq, today {(date}).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga forces move along an ISIS dug trench as take part in an offensive to retake the area around the Islamic State held city of Bashiqa, Iraq, today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A peshmerga fighter  takes a cigarette break in a dry field as Kurdish forces launch an offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga tank crewman uses binoculars to look for targets during part of a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 20/10/2016. Bashiqa, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga machine gunner takes a selfie with the Kurdish flag on the turret of his armoured Humvee as he takes part in a large offensive to retake the Bashiqa area from Islamic State militants today (20/10/2016).<br />
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Launched in the early hours of today with support from coalition special forces and air strikes, the attack is part of the larger operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State, and involves both the Kurds and the Iraqi Army. The city of Bashiqa, around 9 miles north of Mosul, is one of several gateway areas that must be taken before any attempted offensive on Mosul itself.<br />
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Despite the peshmerga suffering several casualties after militants fought back using mortars, heavy machine guns and snipers, the Kurdish forces were quickly taking ground with Haider al-Abadi, the Iraqi prime minister, stating that the operation to retake Mosul was progressing faster than expected. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. London, UK. Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish oppression of Kurds and the bombing of Afrin, Northern Syria, by blocking the road on Parliament Square. The road was blocked for approximately two hours. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_Afrin_Demo_TNI_010.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. London, UK. Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish oppression of Kurds and the bombing of Afrin, Northern Syria, by blocking the road on Parliament Square. The road was blocked for approximately two hours. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_Afrin_Demo_TNI_006.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. London, UK. Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish oppression of Kurds and the bombing of Afrin, Northern Syria, by blocking the road on Parliament Square. The road was blocked for approximately two hours. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. London, UK. A Sinn Fein spokesman speaks in solidarity with Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protesting against Turkish oppression of Kurds and the bombing of Afrin, Northern Syria. The road was blocked for approximately two hours by demonstrators. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters receive supplies at the front line in Jalawla, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UKKhanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters walk from their positions to receive supplies at the front line in Jalawla, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_PESHMERGAKH_19_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. The sniper rifle of a Kurdish peshmerga leans against a wall in their barracks in Khanaqin, Iraq, after troops returned from fighting with ISIS insurgents in nearby Jalawla.  Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts.. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. London, UK. Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish oppression of Kurds and the bombing of Afrin, Northern Syria, by blocking the road on Parliament Square. The road was blocked for approximately two hours. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. London, UK. Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish oppression of Kurds and the bombing of Afrin, Northern Syria, by blocking the road on Parliament Square. The road was blocked for approximately two hours. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. London, UK. Pro-Kurdish demonstrators protest against Turkish oppression of Kurds and the bombing of Afrin, Northern Syria, by blocking the road on Parliament Square. The road was blocked for approximately two hours. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK  Khanaqin, Iraq. A young Kurdish peshmerga fighter, who has not completed his military training, uses a mobile phone on his bunk bed at a peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. An area of Jalawla in Iraq, controlled by ISIS insurgents, is see through a firing hole at a Kurdish peshmerga base. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_PESHMERGAKH_17_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK  Khanaqin, Iraq. The equipment of a young Kurdish peshmerga is seen in Jalawla, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. Cigarette butts, water bottle lids and empty rifle and machine gun cartridges litter the ground at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Jalawla, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter peers to see the road ahead from the back of a peshmerga pick up truck in Jalawla, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
  The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga soldier mans a twin 14.5mm NSV heavy machine gun at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq, as fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 30/06/2014.  Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. © Matt Cetti-Roberts
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK  Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK  Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_PESHMERGAKH_10_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare ammunition for a 14.5mm NSV heavy machine gun at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the nearby town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. A Kurdish peshmerga fighter, with his rifle hanging on his bunk bed, relaxes at a peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK 29/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga stand in the doorway to their barracks in Khanaqin, Iraq, after returning from fighting with ISIS insurgents in nearby Jalawla. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts.. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 20/10/2019. London, UK. Kurds and people of North-East Syria protest in central London against Turkey's invasion of North-East Syria. Photo credit: Dinendra Haria/LNP
    LNP_Stop_The_Turkish_Invasion_DHA_00...JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 30/06/2014. Khanaqin, UK Khanaqin, Iraq. The equipment of a young Kurdish peshmerga is seen in Jalawla, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. Photo credit : Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • 30/06/2014.  Khanaqin, Iraq. Kurdish peshmerga fighters prepare to head out and relieve troops at the front line in Jalawla at a Kurdish peshmerga base in Khanaqin, Iraq. Counted by Kurds as part of their homeland, fighting in the town of Jalawla now consists of occasional skirmishes and exchanges of fire between snipers and heavy machine guns on both sides.<br />
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The peshmerga, roughly translated as those who fight, is at present engaged in fighting ISIS all along the borders of the relatively safe semi-automatous province of Iraqi-Kurdistan. Though a well organised and experienced fighting force they are currently facing ISIS insurgents armed with superior armament taken from the Iraqi Army after they retreated on several fronts. © Matt Cetti-Roberts
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Iraqi refugees are seen at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Iraqi refugees are seen amongst tents in a barn at the refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Young Iraqi refugees make use of a water tank provided by the International Red Cross at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Maya (3) and her mother Rafida Ha'di (23), both Iraqi refugees from the front line town of Jalawla walk through wasteland next to a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Two young Iraqi refugees play with burning rubbish at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Two young Iraqi refugees play with burning rubbish at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Young Iraqi refugees are seen in the back of a car from Diyala Province, the scene of fierce fighting between insurgents and security forces on the road from a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq.  Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. Tents inhabited by Iraqi refugees are seen at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_KANI_TAZA_12_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 25/06/2014. Khanaqin, Iraq. A young Iraqi refugee walks along a road through a refugee camp on the outskirts of Bahari Taza village in Iraq. Located on the outskirts of Khanaqin, a town just 20 minutes from the front-line of the battle with ISIS insurgents, the Bahari Taza refugee camp, and its satellite camps, now house around 600 families from southern Iraq. Built by the local village leader to meet the influx of refugees from nearby Jalawla and Saidia, where intense fighting is still taking place. Turkman, Arab and Kurd, both Sunni and Shia, all live together in tents, barns and unfinished buildings waiting for the conflict to end. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_KANI_TAZA_13_MCR.JPG
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