Makhmour, Northern Iraq. 18th Aug, 2014. A Peshmerga soldier points at a graffiti reading in Kurdish "Fuck you Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Down withe Califate" [TRANSLATION HAS NOT YET BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED]. The graffiti was defaced by ISIS militants and is now facing their positions at Makhmour is a town located 50 kilometers south of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Following an ISIS offensive, the town fell to the Caliphate on the 8th of August. It was taken back by the Peshmerga and PKK fighters on August 10. Credit: PACIFIC PRESS/Alamy Live New
A Peshmerga soldier points at a graffiti reading in Kurdish "Fuck you Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Down withe Califate" [TRANSLATION HAS NOT YET BEEN INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED]. The graffiti was defaced by ISIS militants and is now facing their positions at Makhmour is a town located 50 kilometers south of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government. Following an ISIS offensive, the town fell to the Caliphate on the 8th of August. It was taken back by the Peshmerga and PKK fighters on August 10. Makhmour was emptied of its population who decided to flee to nearby Erbil or the mountains. It is presently still deserted as only about 10 percent of its population has decided to come back.
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