Peshmerga fighters defend the Khazer front line between Mosul and Erbil. Until recent U.S. airstrikes hit targets as close as 1 km away, the Khazer checkpoint was filled with thousands of Iraqi refugees that fled violence and bloodshed in Mosul, Tal Afar, and surrounding communities. The camp is now abandoned and sits behind the newly established front line between Peshmerga forces and ISIS militants, and protects the main artery into Erbil. The Peshmerga fighters are severely lacking in arms and ammunition, making do with mostly small arms like Kalishnikovs and outdated Chinese made Type 69 tanks left over from the Iran-Iraq War.