Hundreds of mourners gather at the funeral of one of two Peshmerga militants killed in their fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq.<br/> <br />A Kurdish flag is draped over his coffin.<br/> <br />Family members attempt to cope with their loss.<br/> <br />Kurdish fighters, known here as 'peshmerga', have been battling Islamic State militants since the Islamic group began a brutal onslaught in the north of the country.<br/> <br />U.S. President Barack Obama ordered air strikes in the country last month after much of the Kurdish-controlled territory fell to Islamic State fighters.<br/> <br />But for the family and friends of a fallen soldier, the threat of Islamic State fighters could not be more real.
