An Iraqi Kurdish woman looks on while inspecting her belongings inside her damaged house after returning to it in the town of Bashiqa which was retaken by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters following a battle with Islamic State militants, north of Mosul, Iraq November 29, 2016. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





A newly displaced Iraqi rides on the back of a truck while fleeing the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul, Iraq November 29, 2016. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





Iraqis stand atop the remains of their house after returning to it in the town of Bashiqa which was retaken by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters following a battle with Islamic State militants, north of Mosul, Iraq November 29, 2016. (Photo by Mohammed Salem/Reuters)





An injured man receives treatment by Iraqi special forces soldiers in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





A member of Iraqi special forces carries an injured girl from clashes in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





A military vehicle of Iraqi special forces is seen during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





An injured man receives treatment by Iraqi special forces soldiers in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqi people who left their homes ride in a military vehicle of Iraqi security forces during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





An injured man receives treatment by Iraqi special forces soldiers in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





An injured man receives treatment by Iraqi special forces soldiers in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





Members of Iraqi special forces carry an injured man from clashes during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





An injured man receives treatment by Iraqi special forces soldiers in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





Members of Iraqi special forces carry an injured woman from clashes during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





Displaced Iraqi people who left their homes ride in a military vehicle of Iraqi security forces during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Khalid al Mousily/Reuters)





Officers of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) take position during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) walk with their weapons during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) take position during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 29, 2016. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Iraqi soldiers fire a tank shell during clashes with Islamic State fighters in Qaryat Shayyalah Al Imam, Iraq November 30, 2016. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) carry weapons during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





A member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) gestures in military vehicle during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi soldiers take part during a military operation against Islamic State militants in Qaryat Shayyalah Al Imam, Iraq November 30, 2016. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





Military vehicles Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) gather during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Members of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) ride in military vehicle during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





A member of the Iraqi security forces provides medical treatment for an injured man, during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi security forces provide medical assistance for an injured man, during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi security forces carry a body, during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Iraqi security forces carry a dead man from clashes during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Displaced people who fled the clashes walk past iraqi security forces vehicles during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Displaced people who fled the clashes walk past iraqi security forces vehicles during a battle with Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 30, 2016. (Photo by Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)





Miaad Madaad, the only female member of the Lions of the Tigris, a group of Sunni Arab fighters and part of the Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Comimittee) poses during a pause in a military operation against Islamic State militants in Shayyalah al-Imam, Iraq November 30, 2016. (Photo by Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)





Iraqi injured soldiers, who were wounded during the battle against the Islamic State group, lies on the ground as they receive medical treatment at a field hospital, in Haj Ali frontline village, southern Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Iraqi forces on Tuesday assaulted villages far south of Mosul in the Nineveh province, attempting to clear rural areas of Islamic State fighters who stayed behind to hinder their advance. (Photo by Hussein Malla/AP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries drive a T-72 tank as they advance near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016 during a broad offensive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries clash near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries fire at an Islamic State group target as they advance near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries fire at an Islamic State group target as they advance near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from IS jihadists. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries hold a position near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from Islamic State group jihadists. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries hold a position near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from Islamic State group jihadists. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries gesture to the camera as they warm up around a fire near the village of Tal Faris, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





An Iraqi Shiite fighter from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries sits on an armoured vehicle as he holds a position near the village of Tal Faris, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries advance near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016 during a broad offensive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Hashed al- Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries fire their weapons as they advance near the village of Tal Abtah, south of Tal Afar, on November 30, 2016, during a broad offencive by Iraq forces to retake the city Mosul from jihadists of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Ahmad Al- Rubaye/AFP Photo)