IRAQ-UNREST-AMERLI

Iraqi volunteer fighters celebrate the breaking of the jihadist siege on the Shiite town of Amerli as they advance towards the town from the position in the Ajana area, ten kilometres south of Amerli, in Salaheddin province, on September 1, 2014 where thousands of mainly Shiite Turkmen residents have been trapped for more than two months with dwindling food and water supplies. The capture of the town the previous day is the biggest offensive success for the Iraqi government since militants led by the Sunni Islamic State (IS) jihadist group overran large areas of five provinces in June, sweeping security forces aside. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)