Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk in the outskirts of Gwer town after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk in the outskirts of Gwer town after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
As Taliban push quickens, Afghan troops ordered: take no prisoners
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Omar Murad, a commander of Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces, stands guard at the main entrance of the town of Gwer after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew
Omar Murad, a commander of Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces, stands guard at the main entrance of the town of Gwer after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Obama: Iraqi, Kurdish forces retook strategic dam
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Gwer, wait to return at a check point at the entrance of Gwer
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Gwer, wait to return at a check point at the entrance of Gwer August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk in the outskirts of Gwer town after the Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk in the outskirts of Gwer town after the Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Gwer, wait to return at a check point at the entrance of Gwer
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Gwer, wait to return at a check point at the entrance of Gwer August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk in the outskirts of Gwer town after the Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters walk in the outskirts of Gwer town after the Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Gwer, wait to return at a check point at the entrance of Gwer
Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the violence in the Iraqi town of Gwer, wait to return at a check point at the entrance of Gwer August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand guard on the outskirts of Gwer town after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand guard on the outskirts of Gwer town after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew August 18, 2014. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)