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Iraqi forces and the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) advance towards the village of Ayn Nasir, south of Mosul, on October 29, 2016, during the ongoing battle against Islamic State group jihadists to liberate the city of Mosul. Iraqi paramilitary forces launched an operation to cut the Islamic State group's supply lines between its Mosul bastion and neighbouring Syria, opening a new front in the nearly two-week-old offensive. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi forces and the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) advance towards the village of Ayn Nasir, south of Mosul, on October 29, 2016, during the ongoing battle against Islamic State group jihadists to liberate the city of Mosul.
Iraqi paramilitary forces launched an operation to cut the Islamic State group's supply lines between its Mosul bastion and neighbouring Syria, opening a new front in the nearly two-week-old offensive.

 / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE        (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)