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MOSUL, IRAQ - JANUARY 05: One of the commanders of Peshmerga forces directs other peshmergas during the clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to re-take the territory occupied by ISIL in Sultan Abdullah village which lies between Mosul and Arbil in northern Iraq on January 05, 2015. (Photo by Hamit Huseyin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

MOSUL, IRAQ - JANUARY 05:  One of the commanders of Peshmerga forces directs other peshmergas during the clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) to re-take the territory occupied by ISIL in Sultan Abdullah village which lies between Mosul and Arbil in northern Iraq on January 05, 2015. (Photo by Hamit Huseyin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)