Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga take part in a graduation ceremony at the Zakho military academy in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Zakho, some 500 kilometres north of Baghdad, on January 30, 2018. Some four- hundred eighteen male and female Peshmerga completed their military training and graduated from the academy. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





Female Peshmerga officers celebrate after their graduation ceremony, at Zakho military academy in Zakho town, Dohuk, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 30 January 2018. The graduation ceremony was for 418 male and female Peshmerga fighters. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)





Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga take part in a graduation ceremony at the Zakho military academy in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Zakho, some 500 kilometres north of Baghdad, on January 30, 2018. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga take part in a graduation ceremony at the Zakho military academy in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Zakho, some 500 kilometres north of Baghdad, on January 30, 2018. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga takes part in a graduation ceremony at the Zakho military academy in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Zakho, some 500 kilometres north of Baghdad, on January 30, 2018. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





Iraqi Kurds congratulate Peshmerga fighters during a graduation ceremony at the Zakho military academy in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Zakho, some 500 kilometres north of Baghdad, on January 30, 2018. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga takes part in a graduation ceremony at the Zakho military academy in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Zakho, some 500 kilometres north of Baghdad, on January 30, 2018. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)





Female Peshmerga officers celebrate after their graduation ceremony, at Zakho military academy in Zakho town, Dohuk, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 30 January 2018. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)





Female Peshmerga officers celebrate after their graduation ceremony, at Zakho military academy in Zakho town, Dohuk, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 30 January 2018. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)





Female Peshmerga officers celebrate after their graduation ceremony, at Zakho military academy in Zakho town, Dohuk, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 30 January 2018. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)





Female Peshmerga officers celebrate after their graduation ceremony, at Zakho military academy in Zakho town, Dohuk, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 30 January 2018. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)





Female Peshmerga officers celebrate after their graduation ceremony, at Zakho military academy in Zakho town, Dohuk, Kurdistan Region in Iraq, 30 January 2018. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)