Developments in Iraq
![Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect take refuge at Dohuk province, Aug. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/91EC7BE3-58F6-4254-B31E-B961EB2D85F6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Displaced people from the minority Yazidi sect take refuge at Dohuk province, Aug. 7, 2014.
![Displaced Iraqis take refuge at Dohuk province, Aug. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5181152D-3D28-48DD-9313-E93BD6727650_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Displaced Iraqis take refuge at Dohuk province, Aug. 7, 2014.
![Displaced Iraqi Christians settle at St. Joseph Church in Irbil, northern Iraq, Aug. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/DBB12ADB-983F-4CF6-94F0-D2CE3E125D43_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Displaced Iraqi Christians settle at St. Joseph Church in Irbil, northern Iraq, Aug. 7, 2014.
![Kurdish peshmerga troops patrol in a tank during an operation against Islamic State militants in Makhmur, on the outskirts of the province of Nineveh, Aug. 7, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A902B2F3-1225-46DC-935A-309637BF2599_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kurdish peshmerga troops patrol in a tank during an operation against Islamic State militants in Makhmur, on the outskirts of the province of Nineveh, Aug. 7, 2014.