Iraq – Wednesday, Aug. 27

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.

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.

Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi Army to fight against militants of the Islamic State, take part in field training in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, Aug. 26, 2014.

Iraqi Kurdish regional President Masoud Barzani (right) shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Irbil, north of Baghdad, Aug. 26, 2014.