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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A fighter belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG scans Islamic State territory after several bursts of machine gun fire targeted YPG positions in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A fighter belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG changes position as Islamic State insurgents fire at YPG positions in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A fighter belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG works next to a 23mm heavy machine gun at a YPG position in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_RABIA_18_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. Fighters belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG observe Islamic State territory from a YPG position in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A fighter belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG mans a heavy machine gun mounted on a pickup truck, both captured from Islamic State insurgents, as he waits for an order to fire at enemy positions in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. 12.7mm (.50 caliber) rounds, lie on the floor of a building in Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, as they wait to be used by Syrian-Kurdish YPG snipers firing at positions held by Islamic State insurgents in Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews (centre) leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. A Chinese made Kalashnikov and American M4 rifle lean against a wall in a building occupied by Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters in Al-Yarubiyah, Syria.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. A home made 12.7mm sniper rifle (.50 caliber), fabricated by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters, is seen near a firing position in use against ISIS insurgents in Rabia, Syria.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews (centre) leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews (R) leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A fighter belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPJ walks back to her base at YPG positions in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_RABIA_15_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. A tower, used as an observation post by Syrian-Kurdish YPG forces, shows damage caused by Islamic State tanks, Al-Yarubiyah, Syria.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. A Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighter watches television in the Syrian town of Al-Yarubiyah.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_RABIA_03_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. Using a home made 14.5mm rifle, a sniper belonging to Syrian Kurdish YPG forces in Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, fires at Islamic State positions across the border in Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. Two fighters belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG react to incoming fire from Islamic State insurgents, as they wait for an order to return fire in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A fighter belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPG descends from a rooftop in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_RABIA_23_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 31/07/2018. London, UK. Former British soldier James Matthews (centre) leaves the Old Bailey after terror charges against him for fighting with a Kurdish militia group against ISIS were dropped. Photo credit: Rob Pinney/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. Spent  cases from heavy machine guns are seen at a position used by fighters from the Syrian-Kurdish YPG as they fight with Islamic State insurgents in the town of Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. Using a home made 14.5mm rifle, a sniper belonging to Syrian Kurdish YPG forces in Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, aims at Islamic State positions across the border in Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A female fighter belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPJ scans Islamic State territory from a YPG position in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_RABIA_04_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews leaves Westminster Magistrates Court after appearing charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_007.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. Demonstrators supporting James (Jim) Matthews demonstrate outside Westminster Magistrates Court whilst he appears charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_002.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A view of ground held by Islamic State insurgents is seen from a Syrian-Kurdish position in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_RABIA_20_MCR.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews leaves Westminster Magistrates Court after appearing charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_009.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. Demonstrators supporting James (Jim) Matthews demonstrate outside Westminster Magistrates Court whilst he appears charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_001.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_012.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_Foreign_fighter_bailey_T...jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_011.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_004.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. Demonstrators supporting James (Jim) Matthews demonstrate outside Westminster Magistrates Court whilst he appears charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_004.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_Foreign_fighter_bailey_T...jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. Demonstrators supporting James (Jim) Matthews demonstrate outside Westminster Magistrates Court whilst he appears charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_005.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews leaves Westminster Magistrates Court after appearing charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_003.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_013.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_009.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_003.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews hugs a well-wisher as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_005.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_002.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_Foreign_fighter_bailey_T...jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_Foreign_fighter_bailey_T...jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews leaves Westminster Magistrates Court after appearing charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court2_TNI_010.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_010.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A female sniper belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPJ takes aim at what she thinks may be an Islamic State sniper changing position in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews (left) arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_Foreign_fighter_bailey_T...jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews (third left) poses with well-wishers as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_fighter_court_TNI_007.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews (left) arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
    LNP_British_Foreign_fighter_bailey_T...jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A sandstorm moves in to hamper visibility at the Iraq-Syria border crossing towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Syria.28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. A female sniper belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPJ observes after a colleague shot at a possible Islamic State sniper changing position in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 01/03/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews (left) arrives at the Old Bailey to attend a preliminary hearing, as he is charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/02/2018. London, UK. James (Jim) Matthews (second left) poses with well-wishers as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court to appear charged with one count of 'attending a place used for terrorist training', under section 8 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The former British Army soldier fought with Kurdish forces - the YPG - against ISIS in Syria. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Syria.28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Rabia, Iraq. Two female fighters belonging to the Syrian-Kurdish YPJ are seen on a roof top position in the Iraqi border town of Rabia.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 28/09/2014. Al-Yarubiyah, Syria. Pock marked by bullets, a sign thanking people for visiting Syria's Hasakah Governate is seen on the outskirts of the Syrian border town of Al-Yarubiyah.<br />
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Facing each other across the Iraq-Syria border, the towns of Al-Yarubiyah, Syria, and Rabia, Iraq, were taken by Islamic State insurgents in August 2014. Since then The town of Al-Yarubiyah and parts of Rabia have been re-taken by fighters from the Syrian Kurdish YPG. At present the situation in the towns is static, but with large exchanges of sniper and heavy machine gun fire as well as mortars and rocket propelled grenades, recently occasional close quarter fighting has taken place as either side tests the defences of the other. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. Yazidi refugee children look at their mother as they, and other Yazidis, are evacuated from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A Yazidi fighter uses his mobile phone during a trip to pick up supplies dropped by Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopters onto Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. Yazidi fighters jostle to get a seat to escape from Mount Sinjar on an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter during a mission to resupply trapped Yazidi refugees.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. An Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter comes in to land at an Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga base in Fishkhabour before a mission to supply Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. An elderly Yazidi refugee holds on to a young relative inside an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 helicopter as it evacuates both he and his family from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. Two Yazidi peshmerga fighters sit on their haunches at a base on the top of Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A Yazidi member of the Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga shows off his rifle, scrubbed to remove any sign of bluing, at a peshmerga base on the top of Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. Tents belonging to Yazidi refugees, stranded after being surrounded by Islamic State insurgents, are seen on Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. Mount Sinjar is seen through the cockpit windows of an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter during a mission to supply Yazidi refugees on the 75 mile long ridge-line. <br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. An elderly Yazidi refugee holds a young relative as he waits for his chance to leave an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter and be processed by members of the UNHCR after being evacuated from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A young Yazidi refugee is handed through the door of Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter by his or her mother as they are evacuated from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. An elderly Yazidi refugee hangs from an M240 machine gun as he attempts to climb in to an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 helicopter, that will evacuate both he and his family from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. Yazidi refugees, stranded after being surrounded by Islamic State insurgents, are seen on Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 14/03/2018. LONDON, UK.  Around a hundred pro-Kurdish protesters waving YPG flags stage a sit-in on Parliament Square blocking traffic for over three hours. The group is aiming to highlight Turkish attacks on Kurdish held Afrin in northern Syria and has previously targeted train stations in London and Manchester. Photo credit: Cliff Hide/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. An Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter comes in to land at an Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga base in Fishkhabour before a mission to supply Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. Yazidi refugees leave an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter to be processed by members of the UNHCR after being evacuated from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. An elderly Yazidi refugee is illuminated by sunlight streaming in through the window of an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter as he and others are evacuated from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. An elderly Yazidi refugee hangs from an M240 machine gun as he attempts to climb in to an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 helicopter, that will evacuate both he and his family from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. An elderly Yazidi refugee is pictured on the top of Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. Yazidi fighters jostle to get a seat to escape from Mount Sinjar on an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter during a mission to resupply trapped Yazidi refugees.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A Yazidi fighter sits on the floor of an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter after clambering through a door during a mission to resupply trapped Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. A machine gun armed fighter of the Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga climbs into an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter as he heads for Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. Members of the Iraqi-Kurdish security forces load up an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter with supplies for Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A Yazidi fighter holds his hat on to keep it from blowing off in the downdraft created by an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter during a mission to drop supplies and evacuate families on the top of Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A Yazidi fighter smokes a cigarette as he waits for Iraqi Air Force helicopters to bring supplies and evacuate some of the refugees on the top of Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. A Yazidi member of the Iraqi-Kurdish peshmerga shows off his rifle, scrubbed to remove any sign of bluing, at a peshmerga base on the top of Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Sinjar Mountains, Iraq. An Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter comes in for a supply run on the top of Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 11/12/2014. Fishkhabour, Iraq. Yazidi refugees leave an Iraqi Air Force Mi-17 Hip helicopter to be processed by members of the UNHCR after being evacuated from Mount Sinjar.<br />
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Although a well publicised exodus of Yazidi refugees took place from Mount Sinjar in August 2014 many still remain on top of the 75 km long ridge-line, with estimates varying from 2000-8000 people, after a corridor kept open by Syrian-Kurdish YPG fighters collapsed during an Islamic State offensive. The mountain is now surrounded on all sides with winter closing in, the only chance of escape or supply being by Iraqi Air Force helicopters. Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
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