Iraqi men attend a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter catches a ball as he plays with comrades after returning from combat against Islamic State group jihadists in...
Peshmerga fighter looks for hostiles as he and his team move between buildings in Bashiqa on November 9, 2016. Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the...
Peshmerga fighter peers out in a gap of a curtain as they move into a new house in Bashiqa on November 9, 2016. Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the...
The laser from a Peshmerga fighters assault rifle is seen as they move through an Islamic State jihadist group's tunnel before entering it in Bashiqa...
Peshmerga fighter runs to take position as the Iraqi Kurdish forces pushed deeper into the town of Bashiqa during street battles against Islamic...
Peshmerga patrol in Bahzan municipality of Bashiqa town in Mosul, Iraq on November 7, 2016. Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces...
Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces attend the operation to clear Bashiqa Town as the operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Daesh...
Iranian Kurdish female members of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan listen to a musician and sing as they hold a position on November 6, 2016 in an area...
An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter, next to a Kurdish flag, holds a position in Sheikh Ali village near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north...
Iranian Kurdish female members of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan hold a position on November 6, 2016 in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25...
Iranian Kurdish female members of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan hold a position on November 6, 2016 in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25...
Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government's peshmerga forces take positions as they start to attack Daesh targets to capture Imam Reza and Tizxirab Villages...
Smoke billows from an area near the Iraqi town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul, on October 20 during an operation against Islamic...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul, as smoke billows on October 20...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters fire a multiple rocket launcher from a position in Sheikh Ali village near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres...
Peshmerga forces located in Duberdan village at Bashiqa front attack Daesh targets with the Katyusha rocket launchers during the operation to retake...
Kurdish peshmerga soldier prays on a front line position as forces continue the battle to retake Mosul, on October 19, 2016 in Bashiqa, near Mosul in...
Earth is piled up on a road to Mosul stop Islamic State suicide bombers attacking Kurdish positions during the battle to retake Mosul, on October 19,...
Kurdish peshmerga soldier aims his rifle toward a road to Mosul as forces continue the battle to retake Mosul, on October 19, 2016 in Bashiqa, near...
Kurdish peshmerga military vehicles are parked as soldiers relax near a road to Mosul as forces continue the battle to retake Mosul, on October 19,...
Kurdish peshmerga soldier aims his rifle toward a road to Mosul as forces continue the battle to retake Mosul, on October 19, 2016 in Bashiqa, near...
Kurdish peshmerga soldier holds his machine gun toward a road to Mosul as forces continue the battle to retake Mosul, on October 19, 2016 in Bashiqa,...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters monitor the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August 16,...
Flag of the autonomous Kurdistan region flies as Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position to monitor the area from their front line post in...
Skeletal statue of a Yazidi luminary, which was destroyed by Islamic State militants, is still in ruins nearly a year after the extremists were...
Graves of Christians damaged by Daesh terrorists are seen in the Behzan neighborhood of Bashiqa town, which was cleared from Daesh terrorists in an...
An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter monitors the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August...
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
General view shows rebuilt Yazidi temples on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad MUWAFAQ
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
Iraqi Yazidis visit their temple during a ceremony on January 12 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP PHOTO / Ahmad...
Bassam Mahmoud, one of the few Yazidis to return to Bashiqa, Iraq after it was recaptured from Islamic State by Kurdish troops in November 2017,...
Bashiqa, Iraq National flag of Kurdistan on a uniform of a Kurdish soldier on April 20, 2017 in Bashiqa, Iraq.
Bashiqa, Iraq National flag of Kurdistan on a uniform of a Kurdish soldier on April 20, 2017 in Bashiqa, Iraq.
An Iraqi Christian girl attends a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
An Iraqi woman visits a Yazidi shrine during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north...
Iraqis attend a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqi Christian girls attend a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis Yazidis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqi Christian girls attend a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis Yazidis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis Yazidis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqi Christian girls attend a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqis dance during a ceremony celebrating the Yazidi New Year on April 19 in the town of Bashiqa, some 20 kilometres north east of Mosul.
Iraqi Christians take part in a mass during Easter celebrations at the Mar Korkeis Church in Bashiqa Town of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq on April 15, 2017....
Pope Moussa Shamani chairs a mass during Easter celebrations at the Mar Korkeis Church in Bashiqa Town of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq on April 15, 2017....
Pope Moussa Shamani chairs a mass during Easter celebrations at the Mar Korkeis Church in Bashiqa Town of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq on April 15, 2017....
Iraqi Christians take part in a mass during Easter celebrations at the Mar Korkeis Church in Bashiqa Town of Mosul, Nineveh, Iraq on April 15, 2017....
