Iraqi military spokesmen say Kurdish forces and Iraqi counterterror troops have retaken control of a key dam from Islamic State fighters.
Iraqi, Kurdish Troops Retake Mosul Dam
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A Kurdish peshmerga fighter prepares his ammunition near the Mosul Dam, outside Mosul, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2014.
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A Iraqi Shi'ite family who fled from Mosul after the advance of Islamic militants, at a refugee camp in Baghdad's southeast suburb of Nahrawan, Aug. 17, 2014.