Members of the Popular Mobilisation Units supporting the government forces stand on the outskirts of the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on September 24 as...
Iraqi forces, supported by the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries, advance near the village of Sheikh Younis, south of Mosul, after the offencive to...
Fighters of Hashed Al-Shaabi gather around the Tal Afar airport, west of Mosul, as they and Iraqi forces backed by local militia and a US-led...
Iraqi Kurdish and Turkmen Shiite forces from the Popular Mobilisation units sit on top of a tank on May 1, 2016 in the northern Iraqi town of...
Iraqi Sunni men presented as former jihadists fighting alongside the Islamic State group who defected to join Iraq government forces take position in...
Iraqi Shiite men, some of them wearing military fatigues and guns given by the government, raise their weapons as they gather in the Iraqi town of...
Flag of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a Salafi jihadi extremist militant group and self-proclaimed caliphate and Islamic state which is led...
Anas Haqqani, center right, gets a tour of the military vehicles seized by Taliban fighters after the militant group seized the Hamid Karzai...
An ISIL militant uses a sledgehammer to destroy a bas relief on a wall in Nimrud an ancient Assyrian city in Mosul, northern Iraq, March 2015.
Christian militia fighters from the Nineveh Plain Protection Units drive a pick-up truck in Qaraqosh , transporting four men, allegedly members of...
An ISIL militant uses a sledgehammer to destroy a bas relief on a wall in Nimrud an ancient Assyrian city in Mosul, northern Iraq, March 2015.
Man inspects the damage at the site where a US drone strike killed Maher al-Agal, a leader in the Islamic State militant group, near the village of...
Group of Daesh members are seen as they surrender to the authorities in Jawzjan, Afghanistan on July 31, 2018. Nearly 200 Daesh members have...
Picture shows debris at the site where a US drone strike killed Maher al-Agal, a leader in the Islamic State militant group, near the village of...
Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries drivE through a desert area near the village of Al-Boutha al-Sharqiyah, west of Mosul, on...
Fighters from the Iraqi Imam Ali Brigade, take part in a training exercise in Iraq's central city of Najaf on March 7 ahead of joining the military...
Picture shows a crater at the site where a US drone killed Maher al-Agal, a leader in the Islamic State militant group, near the village of Khaltan,...
In this file picture taqken on July 5 an image grab taken from a propaganda video released by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the...
People inspect the site where a US drone strike killed Maher al-Agal, a leader in the Islamic State militant group, near the village of Khaltan, near...
Picture shows the site where a US drone strike killed Maher al-Agal, a leader in the Islamic State militant group, near the village of Khaltan, near...
Iraqi Shiite men who have volunteered to join government forces and militias in the fight against jihadists from the Islamic State group, take part...
Taliban fighter stands ready with his rifle in as the militant group secure the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in the wake of the American...
Flag of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, a Salafi jihadi extremist militant group and self-proclaimed caliphate and Islamic state which is led...
An arrangment of British daily newspapers photographed in London on February 27, 2015 shows the front-page headlines and stories regarding the...
Man walks near street art that compares Hamas to ISIS in southern Tel Aviv on November 01, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As Israel's response to Hamas's...
Man inspects the damage at the site where a US drone strike killed Maher al-Agal, a leader in the Islamic State militant group, near the village of...
This July 5, 2014 photo shows an image grab taken from a propaganda video released by al-Furqan Media allegedly showing the leader of the Islamic...
Members of Iraqi paramilitary Popular Mobilisation units, which are dominated by Shiite militias, celebrate with a flag of the Islamic State group...
Man walks near graffiti that compares Hamas to ISIS in southern Tel Aviv on November 01, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As Israel's response to Hamas's...
Taliban fighters stand ready in front of the Afghan A-29 Super Tucano, as the militant group secure the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in the...
Member of the Khabour Guards Assyrian Syrian militia, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces , sits in the ruins of the Assyrian Church of the...
Picture taken on June 20, 2018 shows a propaganda billboard for the pro-Iran Hezbollah Brigades militia hanging on a pedestrian crossing over...
Abandoned house vandalized with "I LOVE ISIS" is seen in a door of a house inside of a NO GO ZONE in Marawi, southern Philippines on June...
Smoke rages at houses following airstrikes by the Philippine Air Force in Marawi, Southern Philippines, June 6, 2017. Philippine military jets fired...
Member of the Syrian Democratic Forces , made up of US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters, stands guard near the village of Bir Fawaz, 20 km north of...
Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries sit in a vehicle driving through a desert area near the village of Al-Boutha al-Sharqiyah,...
An Iraqi forces T-72 tank is stationed near the village of Sin al-Dhuban, south of Mosul, on October 27 during an operation to retake the main hub...
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters deploy on the top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometres east of Mosul, as they take part in an operation against...
Iraqi Shiite fighters from a Popular Mobilisation unit hold an Islamic State group flag in an operation in al-Shahabi village, east of Fallujah, to...
Iraqi pro-government forces advance towards the city of Fallujah on May 23 as part of a major assault to retake the city from Islamic State group....
An Iraqi Shiite fighter from the Furqat al-Abbas brigades looks towards smoke billowing during an operation to retake the town of al-Bashir, near...
Picture shows destroyed Christian graves at the devastated monastery of Syriac Catholic Saint Elian, who lived in the fifth century AD, in the town...
An arrangment of British daily newspapers photographed in London on February 27, 2015 shows the front-page headlines and stories regarding the...
Egyptian members of the armed forces patrol outside al-Maza military airport where the bodies of the members of security forces, who were killed in...
About 500 Shiite volunteers from Tal Afar attend a combat training session at a military camp in the Shiite shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq on...
An Iraqi Sunni fighter walks past a destroyed building after government security forces and militia retook the city from Islamic State group...
Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Iraqi special forces deploy their troops and armoured vehicles outside of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, Iraq on June 12,...
An ISIL militant uses a sledgehammer to destroy a colossal face on a wall in Hatra, a 3rd Century BCE Seleucid city 110km southwest of Mosul, March...
Man drives past the site where a US drone strike killed Maher al-Agal, a leader in the Islamic State militant group, near the village of Khaltan,...
Members of the Khabour Guards Assyrian Syrian militia, affiliated with the Syrian Democratic Forces , walk in the ruins of the Assyrian Church of the...
Fighters of Hashed Al-Shaabi gather at the Tal Afar airport, west of Mosul, as Iraqi forces backed by local militia and a US-led coalition advanced...
Smoke following an airstrikes by Philippine Air Force in Marawi city, southern Philippines on June 11, 2017. Philippine military jets fired rockets...
An Iraqi-modified T-72M tank belonging to the pro-government Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces advances towards the UNESCO-listed ancient city of...
An Iraqi soldier lies on the ground awaiting to be evacuated, after he was wounded in an explosives-laden vehicle attack claimed by Islamic State...
Iraqi forces, supported by the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries, prepare to advance advance towards the village of Sheikh Younis, south of Mosul,...
Iraqi forces's BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles, supported by the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries, advance towards the village of Sheikh Younis,...
Tanks and armoured vehicles of the Iraqi forces, supported by the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries, advance towards the village of Sheikh Younis,...
Tanks and armoured vehicles of the Iraqi forces, supported by the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries, advance towards the village of Sheikh Younis,...
Fighter of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries stands guard by defensive positions near the frontline village of Ayn al-Hisan, on the outskirts of...
Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitaries hold a position near the town of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30 during a...