Islamic State Jihadists expand foothold in northern Iraq

BAG11. Khazer (Iraq), 10/08/2014.- An ex-combatant of the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, who volunteered again to fight with Kurdish forces against the militants from the Islamic State, takes up position near Khazer town near Mosul city, northern Iraq, 10 August 2014. According to media reports, Khazer has fallen to Islamic State (IS) fighters. Several Iraqi towns that were taken over by the Peshmerga in June, have fallen to Islamist insurgents in the past week. The Islamic State – an al-Qaeda splinter group – seized large chunks of Iraq in June. EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED JALIL