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QAYYARAH, IRAQ

by Heather Murdock

   In Qayyarah, smoke from burning oil wells billows over the town, while
   fumes from a burning sulfur plant poison the air. Islamic State
   militants fleeing Kurdish peshmerga and Iraqi forces set them alight.