A flag of the Badr brigade flies over Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad. The Shiite Muslim volunteer militia has been fighting ISIS extremists since the Iraqi army has fallen to disarray.
Volunteers with the Badr Brigade outside Al Muqdadiyah, where they recently drove ISIS fighters out of town.
The Badr Brigade was born out of Iraq's bloody civil war and their notorious death squads are implicated in the torture and murder of thousands of Sunni Muslims.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
Members of the Badr Brigade ride towards a fairground in Al Muqdadiyah where fighting in ISIS took place.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
A ferris wheel in Al Muqdadiyah where the Badr Brigade fought ISIS extremists.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
Badr Brigade Commander Commander Essam Yahya Hussein ran a grocery store before he joined the fight six months ago.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
Gas pump, Diyala province, Iraq.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
A crescent moon at Camp Ashraf, Diyala province, Iraq.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
Evidence of a firefight with ISIS extremists riddles a building near Al Muqdadiyah, Diyala province, Iraq.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
Badr Brigade members keep a look-out in Diyala province.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
A destroyed bridge near Al Muqdadiyah, Diyala province, Iraq.
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Fighting ISIS in Diyala province, Iraq
An Iraqi flag flies near Al Muqdadiyah, Diyala province, Iraq.
