An Iraqi family sits on the rubble of their home in the village of Barzan, in the Zummar area of Nineveh province, northwest of Mosul, on October 27,...
{"Image ImageDescription": "An Iraqi family sits on the rubble of their home in the village of Barzan, in the Zummar area of Nineveh province, northwest of Mosul, on October 27, 2017.\nKurdish security forces were reported by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to have conducted \"apparently unlawful demolitions of buildings and homes, and in many cases entire villages\" between September 2014 and May 2016 within the disputed zones with the federal government.\nIraqi forces on October 26 mounted a new assault against Kurdish fighters in the strategic Zummar, tightening the screws after seizing swathes of territory in a lightning advance since mid-October. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE        (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)"}