IRAQ-CONFLICT

Iraqi soldiers fire their weapons towards Islamic State (IS) group positions in the Garma district, west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on April 26, 2015, where pro-government forces say they have recently made advances on areas held by Islamist jihadists. Iraqi security forces control pockets of territory in Anbar, a vast desert province that stretches from the borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to the western approaches to Baghdad. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE