Iraq – Wednesday, Aug. 27
![A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter patrols near the town of Makhmur, Aug. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2e6d7a98-71ee-40da-bfde-832964ea60f2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter patrols near the town of Makhmur, Aug. 27, 2014.
![Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rest at the Bakirta frontline near the town of Makhmur, Iraqi Kurdistan, Aug. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/9d95ad5b-a8c6-4058-b2a2-2a132c4516b2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rest at the Bakirta frontline near the town of Makhmur, Iraqi Kurdistan, Aug. 27, 2014.
![Kurdish Peshmerga forces sweep the Bakirta village near the town of Makhmur, Iraqi Kurdistan, Aug. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/81b7f8af-6e0d-48ac-bd6a-d765b27236a7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish Peshmerga forces sweep the Bakirta village near the town of Makhmur, Iraqi Kurdistan, Aug. 27, 2014.
![Kurdish Peshmerga prepare to make a sweep after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew from the Bakirta village near the town of Makhmur, south of Irbil, Aug. 27, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6a881bb6-bec5-4f0c-881e-edcf99273711_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish Peshmerga prepare to make a sweep after Islamic State (IS) insurgents withdrew from the Bakirta village near the town of Makhmur, south of Irbil, Aug. 27, 2014.