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Fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitaries flash the victory gesture while riding in the back of a truck advancing towards the northern Iraqi town of Sharqat on September 22, 2017. Iraqi forces achieved the first goal of a new offensive against the Islamic State group, penetrating the northern town of Sharqat.
Sharqat is the first goal of a major offensive launched to recapture an Islamic State (IS) group-held enclave centred on the insurgent bastion of Hawija in the province of Kirkuk, 300 kilometres (185 miles) northwest of Baghdad, one of just two pockets still controlled by the jihadists in Iraq. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)
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