syrians wait near the turkish border during clashes between isis and kurdish armed groups in kobani, syria, on thursday, june 25. the photo was taken in sanliurfa, turkey. isis militants disguised as kurdish security forces infiltrated kobani on thursday and killed "many civilians," said a spokesman for the kurds in kobani.









residents examine a damaged mosque after an iraqi air force bombing in the isis-seized city of falluja, iraq, on sunday, may 31. at least six were killed and nine others wounded during the bombing.









a member of afghanistan's security forces stands at the site where a suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up in front of the kabul bank in jalalabad, afghanistan, on saturday, april 18. isis claimed responsibility for the attack. the explosion killed at least 33 people and injured more than 100 others, a public health spokesman said.









a yazidi woman mourns for the death of her husband and children by isis after being released south of kirkuk on april 8. isis is known for killing dozens of people at a time and carrying out public executions, crucifixions and other acts.









on april 1, shiite militiamen celebrate the retaking of tikrit, which had been under isis control since june. the push into tikrit came days after u.s.-led airstrikes targeted isis bases around the city.









a kurdish marksman looks over a destroyed area of kobani on friday, january 30, after the city had been liberated from the isis militant group. the syrian city, also known as ayn al-arab, had been under assault by isis since mid-september.









isis militants stand near the site of an airstrike near the turkey-syria border on thursday, october 23. the united states and several arab nations have been bombing isis targets in syria to take out the militant group's ability to command, train and resupply its fighters.









cundi minaz, a female kurdish fighter, is buried in a cemetery in the southeastern turkish town of suruc on tuesday, october 14. minaz was reportedly killed during clashes with isis militants in nearby kobani.









a kurdish peshmerga soldier who was wounded in a battle with isis is wheeled to the zakho emergency hospital in duhuk, iraq, on tuesday, september 30.









syrian kurds wait near a border crossing in suruc as they wait to return to their homes in kobani on sunday, september 28.









aziza hamid, a 15-year-old iraqi girl, cries for her father while she and some other yazidi people are flown to safety monday, august 11, after a dramatic rescue operation at iraq's mount sinjar. a cnn crew was on the flight, which took diapers, milk, water and food to the site where as many as 70,000 people were trapped by isis. but only a few of them were able to fly back on the helicopter with the iraqi air force and kurdish peshmerga fighters.
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