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On the outskirt of Altun Kupri, a city in the province of Kirkuk retaken by federal forces Friday, Kurdish peshmerga fighters hold positions atop hills on the outskirt of the city. All day, Kurdish and federal forces have targeted each others with artillery fire, mortars and machine guns. IMAGES
Iraqi forces on Sunday launched an assault to retake Mosul's Old City and push out the Islamic State group, three years after the jihadists seized the city and announced their "caliphate". IMAGES
Iraqi forces launch an assault to retake an area north-east of Al-Garma district in the Sunni heartland of Anbar province from Islamic State. Julie Noce reports.
Syrian government forces are seen in the town of Tall Tamr in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, as Syrian regime forces moved towards the Turkish border after Damascus reached a deal with beleaguered Kurdish forces following a US withdrawal announcement. IMAGES
Iraqi forces launched an assault Sunday to retake Mosul's Old City, the last district still held by the Islamic State group three years after the jihadists seized the northern city and declared their "caliphate". IMAGES of security forces in support of the operation