see more

Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of (KDP-Iran) take part in routine military exercises in Koya, 100 kms east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on December 9, 2014. Iraq's government and the autonomous Kurdish region announced on December 2 an agreement resolving their longstanding disputes over the budget and oil exports, boosting prospects of closer cooperation against jihadists. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Iranian Kurdish Peshmerga members of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of (KDP-Iran) take part in routine military exercises in Koya, 100 kms east of Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on December 9, 2014. Iraq's government and the autonomous Kurdish region announced on December 2 an agreement resolving their longstanding disputes over the budget and oil exports, boosting prospects of closer cooperation against jihadists.  AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP)        (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)