PHOTOS: Iraq villagers flee ISIS advance
June 26, 2014
Members of the Al-Abbas brigades, who volunteered to protect the Shiite Muslim holy sites in Karbala against Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government, parade in the streets of the Shrine city on June 26, 2014. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki conceded that political measures are needed alongside military action to repel a Sunni insurgent offensive that is threatening to tear Iraq apart. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images ( 531114511 )
An Iraqi child waits with her family to get into a temporary displacement camp for Iraqis caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul on June 26, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP's) with the number rising daily. Tens of thousands of people have fled Iraq's second largest city of Mosul after it was overrun by ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) militants. Many have been temporarily housed at various IDP camps around the region including the area close to Erbil, as they hope to enter the safety of the nearby Kurdish region. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 451254296 )
Iraqis who fled their villages gather near a Kurdish checkpoint, in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Thursday, June 26, 2014. Hundreds of villagers fleeing advances by Sunni militants crowded under the morning sun trying to enter Iraqi Kurdish-controlled territory Thursday, aiming to join large numbers of displaced people who have already sought shelter in the relative safety of the largely autonomous region. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq )
An elderly Iraqi woman is helped into a temporary displacement camp for Iraqis caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul on June 26, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP's) with the number rising daily. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 451254224 )
Members of the Al-Abbas brigades, who volunteered to protect the Shiite Muslim holy sites in Karbala against Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government, parade in the streets of the Shrine city on June 26, 2014. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images ( 531114215 )
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters on their military vehicles drive towards the front lines of Mosul villages where they fight against al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday June 25, 2014. Sunni insurgents who seized Iraq's second largest city attacked a nearby Christian village on Wednesday, bringing their fight closer to the largely Kurdish regions of northern Iraq which had remained so far largely untouched from the chaos sweeping the country. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq )
An Iraqi family waits outside of a temporary displacement camp for Iraqis caught-up in the fighting in and around the city of Mosul on June 26, 2014 in Khazair, Iraq. Khazair is now home to an estimated 1,500 internally displaced persons (IDP's) with the number rising daily. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 451254232 )
Food is distributed in a mosque for displaced Iraqi families from Mosul and other areas, in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's vice president called on parliament Thursday to convene next week, taking the first step toward forming a new government to present a united front against a rapidly advancing Sunni insurgency that threatens to spread across the region.(AP Photo) ( Mideast Iraq )
Fleeing Iraqi citizens from Mosul and other northern towns sit in a truck as they cross to secure areas at a Kurdish checkpoint, in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq )
Members of the Al-Abbas brigades, who volunteered to protect the Shiite Muslim holy sites in Karbala against Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government, parade in the streets of the Shrine city on June 26, 2014. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki conceded that political measures are needed alongside military action to repel a Sunni insurgent offensive that is threatening to tear Iraq apart. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images ( 531114404 )
A fleeing Iraqi girl, cries as she settled with her family at an open air field near a Kurdish security forces checkpoint, in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq )
Food is distributed in a mosque for displaced Iraqi families from Mosul and other areas, in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's vice president called on parliament Thursday to convene next week, taking the first step toward forming a new government to present a united front against a rapidly advancing Sunni insurgency that threatens to spread across the region.(AP Photo) ( Mideast Iraq )
Members of the Al-Abbas brigades, who volunteered to protect the Shiite Muslim holy sites in Karbala against Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government, parade in the streets of the Shrine city on June 26, 2014. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki conceded that political measures are needed alongside military action to repel a Sunni insurgent offensive that is threatening to tear Iraq apart. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images ( 531114041 )
A fleeing Iraqi family, who fled from Mosul, rest in a field near a Kurdish checkpoint, in Khazer between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday June 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq )
Fleeing Iraqi citizens from Mosul and other northern towns sit in a pick up truck waiting to cross, in the Khazer area between the Iraqi city of Mosul and the Kurdish city of Irbil, northern Iraq, Wednesday June 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) ( Mideast Iraq )
Food is distributed in a mosque for displaced Iraqi families from Mosul and other areas, in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo) ( Mideast Iraq )
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces hold a position on the front line in the village of Sulaiman Bek, located between the capital Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on June 26, 2014, during an operation to repel Sunni militants who took control of nearby areas. A political solution is required in addition to military progress in combatting a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraqi territory, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531107987 )
Smoke billows from an area controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) between the Iraqi towns of Naojul and Tuz Khurmatu, both located north of the capital Baghdad, on June 26, 2014, as Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces take part in an operation to repel the Sunni militants. A political solution is required in addition to military progress in combatting a Sunni militant offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraqi territory, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531109061 )
Kurdistan regional government president Massud Barzani (C) attends a meeting during his visit to the multi-ethnic city northern Iraqi of Kirkuk on June 26, 2014. Barzani made the trip to inspect Kurdish security forces deployed near Sunni Arab militant-controlled areas south and west of the city and raise morale, an official from his Kurdistan Democratic Party said. AFP PHOTO/STR-/AFP/Getty Images ( 531111601 )
Members of the Al-Abbas brigades, who volunteered to protect the Shiite Muslim holy sites in Karbala against Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government, parade in the streets of the Shrine city on June 26, 2014. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF/AFP/Getty Images ( 531114365 )
A picture taken on June 21, 2014 in the Iraqi town of Taza Khurmatu, shows a Shiite Turkman fighter from the so-called Sahwa or "Awakening" force, manning a position on the front line with insurgents led by the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group which has overran swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad. In this Iraqi town, a motley brigade of Shiite Turkmen locals adjust their weapons and headscarves before heading out to defend their homes from encroaching Sunni militants. AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images ( 531102208 )
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