Kurdish troops rest and play a game of cards in between skirmishes with ISIS forces bases less than 200 meters away. Soldiers cycle out throughout the day do to the imense Iraqi heat. The attacks have continued by ISIS and the Peshmerga is there to respond only. There orders are to defend the newly claimed territory and protect the civilians in the area. © Omar Alkalouti/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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