A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands in front of a line of Kurdish flags at a position on the frontline in the Gwer district 40 kilometres south of...
{"Image ImageDescription": "A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands in front of a line of Kurdish flags at a position on the frontline in the Gwer district, 40 kilometres south of Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq on January 9, 2015 as they continue to battle Islamic State (IS) group fighters. IS spearheaded a major offensive in June that overran large areas north and west of Baghdad, including significant parts of Anbar. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP) (Photo by SAFIN HAMED/AFP via Getty Images)"}