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Iraqi Kurds gain ground agaist Daesh near Mosul

Tuesday, 16 August 2016 4:08 AM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 16 August 2016 4:09 AM ]

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on the front line near Hasan Sham village, some 45 kilometres east of the city of Mosul, during an operation aimed at retaking areas from the Daesh terrorist group on May 29, 2016. ©AFP

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