Northern Iraq on high alert

KIRKUK, Iraq - An oilfield facility in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, is photographed on June 17, 2014. The Kurdistan regional government has placed the area under tight security amid an onslaught by the militant Islamic State in Iraq and Syria group.

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