Members of the Iraqi forces stand next to rocket launchers in a convoy heading towards Kurdish peshmerga positions on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 15, 2017. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
Members of the Iraqi forces stand next to rocket launchers in a convoy heading towards Kurdish peshmerga positions on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk on October 15, 2017. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP
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