TOPSHOTS Iraqi Christian forces march during their graduation ceremony in the northwestern town of Fishkhabur, near the borders with Syria and Turkey, on March 12, 2015. The 600-strong regiment, which graduated after a six-week training, will answer to the government of the autonomous Kurdish region and was formed to contribute to the recapture of the Nineveh Plain, a region between the Islamic State (IS) group hub of Mosul and the Kurdish capital Arbil which was home to most of Iraq's Christian minority until IS jihadists swept in seven months ago. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED