Members of the Kurdish Peshmerga force secure an area west of the northern city of Kirkuk, on June 11, 2014. Jihadists seized all of Mosul and Nineveh province, long a militant stronghold and one of the most dangerous areas in the country, and also took areas in Kirkuk province, to its east, and Salaheddin to the south. AFP PHOTO/STR        (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)