Hotuna da Dumi-Duminsu Daga Fallujah da Ramadi, Iraq, 7 Januwaru 2014

The U.S. military and its Western partners conduct training every year. Plans for these military exercises were set up long before Boko Haram began attacking its neighbors Niger, Chad and Cameroon, N'djamena, Chad, March 9, 2015.

Gunmen patrol after clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Jan. 5, 2014.

Civilians load their belongings onto a vehicle as they leave their homes after clashes between the Iraqi army and al-Qaida fighters in Fallujah, Jan. 5, 2014.

Damaged police vehicles in front of an abandoned police station after clashes between the Iraqi army and al-Qaida fighters in Fallujah, Jan. 5, 2014.

Gunmen patrol the streets during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, Jan. 5, 2014.

Civilians leave their homes after clashes between the Iraqi army and al-Qaida fighters in Fallujah, Jan. 5, 2014.

A burned police vehicle left on a major thoroughfare after clashes between Iraqi security forces and al-Qaida fighters in Fallujah, Jan. 5, 2014.