The Peshmerga, whose name translates as"those who face death",
are the Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq.
As the Iraqi army advanced, thousands of people, including civilians and Peshmerga fighters, fled the disputed multi-ethnic city,
home to about a million Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and Christians.
As the Iraqi army advanced, tens of thousands of people, including civilians and Peshmerga fighters, fled the disputed multi-ethnic city,
home to about a million Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen and Christians.