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  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Male Duet performed by Duncan Anderson and Oliver Russell. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_019.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. The Drill - Nightclub Scene. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_001.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_013.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. The company performs "Firefight". The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_023.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. The company perform the Helicopter Dance. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_021.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. The company perform the Helicopter Dance. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_020.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Male Duet performed by Duncan Anderson and Oliver Russell. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_018.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Male Duet performed by Duncan Anderson and Oliver Russell. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_017.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_009.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_005.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_004.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_003.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Male Duet performed by Duncan Anderson and Oliver Russell. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_015.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_011.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_010.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_008.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_007.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. The Drill - Nightclub Scene. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_002.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. The company perform the Helicopter Dance. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_024.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. The company performs "Firefight". The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_022.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Male Duet performed by Duncan Anderson and Oliver Russell. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_016.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_014.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_012.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 07/05/2015. London, England. Female solo performed by Shelley Eva Haden with Worship of the female soldier. The Rosie Kay Dance Company perform "5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline" at The Rifles Officers' Club in Mayfair, London from 7 to 9 May 2015 before continuing a UK tour. 5 Soldiers gives an intimate view of the training that provides soldiers for combat and warfare and how the experience affects those that put their life on the line. Dancers: Duncan Anderson, Shelley Eva Haden, Chester Hayes, Sean Marcs and Oliver Russell. Choreographed and directed by Rosie Kay.  Photo credit: Bettina Strenske/LNP
    LNP_5Soldiers_BST_006.jpg
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/10/2012. LONDON, UK. Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith is seen outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London today (03/10/12). Mr Smith was in court with others in an attempt to recover the GB£140,000 in bail money lost when Wikileaks founder Julain Assange breached his bail  conditions and fled to the Ecuadorian Embassy.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_ASSNG_BAIL_02_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/10/2012. LONDON, UK. Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith is seen outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London today (03/10/12). Mr Smith was in court with others in an attempt to recover the GB£140,000 in bail money lost when Wikileaks founder Julain Assange breached his bail  conditions and fled to the Ecuadorian Embassy.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_ASSNG_BAIL_03_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/10/2012. LONDON, UK. Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith is seen outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London today (03/10/12). Mr Smith was in court with others in an attempt to recover the GB£140,000 in bail money lost when Wikileaks founder Julain Assange breached his bail  conditions and fled to the Ecuadorian Embassy.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_ASSNG_BAIL_04_MCR.JPG
  • © Licensed to London News Pictures. 03/10/2012. LONDON, UK. Frontline Club founder Vaughan Smith is seen outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London today (03/10/12). Mr Smith was in court with others in an attempt to recover the GB£140,000 in bail money lost when Wikileaks founder Julain Assange breached his bail  conditions and fled to the Ecuadorian Embassy.  Photo credit: Matt Cetti-Roberts/LNP
    LNP_ASSNG_BAIL_01_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. 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. 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
    LNP_RABIA_24_MCR.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. 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
    LNP_RABIA_08_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, 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
    LNP_RABIA_07_MCR.JPG
  • © 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
  • Copyright| London News Pictures 17/12/2010 Julian Assange photographed today (Fri) on the first day of his house arrest in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk. Picture credit should read London News Pictures
    LNP_Assange_Norfolk_MMO007.JPG
  • ©London News Pictures. Protesters demonstrate outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court where Julian Assange is attending an extradition hearing on December 14, 2010 in London, England.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
    LNP_Julian_Assange_FAK_015.jpg
  • ©London News Picures. Protesters outside court. Wikileaks's founder Julian Assange arriving at Westminster magistrate court in London on 7 December. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
    LNP_Julian_Assange_FAK_009.JPG
  • © under license to London News Pictures. 07/12/2010 . After failing to make bail, a van carrying wikileaks founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates court. Credit should read Matt Cetti-Roberts/London News Pictures
    LNP_ASSANGE_MCR_010.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 />
<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_18_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 />
<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_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 />
<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_16_MCR.JPG
  • © 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
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  • © 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
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  • © 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
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  • © 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
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  • © 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
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  • © 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 />
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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
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  • © 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
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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.<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
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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, 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 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
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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. 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. 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. 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
    LNP_RABIA_12_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 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. 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. 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. 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
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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, 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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  • Copyright| London News Pictures 17/12/2010 Julian Assange photographed today (Fri) on the first day of his house arrest in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk. Picture credit should read London News Pictures
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  • Copyright| London News Pictures 17/12/2010 Julian Assange photographed today (Fri) on the first day of his house arrest in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk. Picture credit should read London News Pictures
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  • Copyright| London News Pictures 17/12/2010 Julian Assange photographed today (Fri) on the first day of his house arrest in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk. Picture credit should read London News Pictures
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  • Copyright| London News Pictures 17/12/2010 Julian Assange photographed today (Fri) on the first day of his house arrest in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk. Picture credit should read London News Pictures
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  • Copyright| London News Pictures 17/12/2010 Julian Assange photographed today (Fri) on the first day of his house arrest in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk. Picture credit should read London News Pictures
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  • Copyright| London News Pictures 17/12/2010 Julian Assange photographed today (Fri) on the first day of his house arrest in the grounds of Ellingham Hall, Norfolk. Picture credit should read London News Pictures
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  • ©London News Pictures. Protesters demonstrate outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court where Julian Assange is attending an extradition hearing on December 14, 2010 in London, England.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Pictures. Protesters demonstrate outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court where Julian Assange is attending an extradition hearing on December 14, 2010 in London, England.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Pictures. Protesters demonstrate outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court where Julian Assange is attending an extradition hearing on December 14, 2010 in London, England.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Pictures. Protesters demonstrate outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court where Julian Assange is attending an extradition hearing on December 14, 2010 in London, England.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Pictures. Protesters demonstrate outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court where Julian Assange is attending an extradition hearing on December 14, 2010 in London, England.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Pictures. Protesters demonstrate outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court where Julian Assange is attending an extradition hearing on December 14, 2010 in London, England.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
    LNP_Julian_Assange_FAK_009.jpg
  • ©London News Picures. .Bianca Jagger leaves the City of Westminster Magistrates Court on December 14, 2010  where Julian Assange faced extradiation.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures..Journalist John Pilger  leaves the City of Westminster Magistrates Court on December 14, 2010 where Julian Assanged attended an extradition hearing. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures. Director Ken Loach leaves the City of Westminster Magistrates Court on December 14, 2010where Julian Assanged attended an extradition hearing.Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures..Mark Stephens, a lawyer representing Wikieaks founder Julian Assange, answers reporter's questions outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, on December 14, 2010. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures..Mark Stephens, a lawyer representing Wikieaks founder Julian Assange, answers reporter's questions outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, on December 14, 2010. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures..Mark Stephens, a lawyer representing Wikieaks founder Julian Assange, answers reporter's questions outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, on December 14, 2010. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures..Mark Stephens, a lawyer representing Wikieaks founder Julian Assange, answers reporter's questions outside the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, on December 14, 2010. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
    LNP_Julian_Assange_FAK_001.jpg
  • © under license to London News Pictures. 14.12.2010. A protestor outside Westminster Magistrates Court today (Tues). Julian Assange attends Court. Credit should read Matt Cetti-Roberts/London News Pictures
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  • © under license to London News Pictures. 14.12.2010. A protestor outside Westminster Magistrates Court today (Tues). Julian Assange attends Court. Credit should read Matt Cetti-Roberts/London News Pictures
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  • © under license to London News Pictures. 14.12.2010. Mark Stephens, Julian Assange's lawyer arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court today (Tues). Credit should read Matt Cetti-Roberts/London News Pictures
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  • © under license to London News Pictures. 14.12.2010. Mark Stephens, Julian Assange's lawyer arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court today (Tues). Credit should read Matt Cetti-Roberts/London News Pictures
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  • © under license to London News Pictures. A screen shot of the Mastercard website showing technical problems. Internet "hacktivists" claim to have brought down the Mastercard website. The site is hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) apparently coordinated by hackers in a 'payback operation' . Transactions donating to the Wikileak's site where stopped by Mastercard following Julian Assange's arested on December 7 in London. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures. The van containing Julian Assange. Wikileaks's founder Julian Assange arriving at Westminster magistrate court in London on 7 December. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures. Julian Assange's lawyer Mark Stephens speaks to the press. Wikileaks's founder Julian Assange arriving at Westminster magistrate court in London on 7 December. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures. Protesters outside court. Wikileaks's founder Julian Assange arriving at Westminster magistrate court in London on 7 December. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures. The car containing Julian Assange. Wikileaks's founder Julian Assange arriving at Westminster magistrate court in London on 7 December. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures. Julian Assange's lawyer Mark Stephens speaks to the press. Wikileaks's founder Julian Assange arriving at Westminster magistrate court in London on 7 December. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • ©London News Picures. The car containing Julian Assange. Wikileaks's founder Julian Assange arriving at Westminster magistrate court in London on 7 December. Photo credit should read Fuat Akyuz/London News Pictures.
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  • © under license to London News Pictures.  The media wait for Julian Asssange to leave Westminster Magistrates court  (07/12/10) where Assange appeared on sexual assault charges. Photo credit should read: Olivia Harris/ London News Pictures
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  • © under license to London News Pictures.  The police van with Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates court  (07/12/10) where Julian Assange appeared on sexual assault charges. Photo credit should read: Olivia Harris/ London News
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  • © under license to London News Pictures.  John Pilger speaks to journalists outside Westminster Magistrates court  (07/12/10) where Julian Assange appeared on sexual assault charges. Photo credit should read: Olivia Harris/ London News
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