MOSUL, IRAQ - AUGUST 24:  A Kurdish peshmerga stands guard against to army forces led by Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, Iraq on 24 August, 2014. There are 2 km distance between the region of Kurdish peshmerga and army groups led by Islamic State deploy, on Arbil-Mosul road in Hazer region and many Kurdish peshmergas patrol on the region. (Photo by Sivan Siddik/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)