Displaced Iraqi children from the former embattled city of Mosul attend school at the Hasan Sham camp, east of Erbil in northern Iraq, on November 20th, 2017. Iraq's second city, Mosul was recaptured in July after being taken in a summer 2014 offensive by the Islamic State group.
(Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag in the Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27th, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.
Iraqi forces arrive in the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 16th, 2017.
An Iraqi boy flashes the sign for victory as he celebrates in the Old City of Mosul on July 9th, 2017, after the government's announcement of the liberation of the embattled city.
Syrian opposition fighters are stopped at a checkpoint manned by regime forces on May 21st, 2017.
Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5th, 2018.
