IRAQ. Malla Abdulah. July 11, 2014. The figure of an ISIS fighter stands in a watchtower overlooking a canal in the village of Malla Abdulah, on the southern outskirts of Kirkuk. The canal in the village of Malla Abdulah, about 25KM south of Kirkuk, demarcates the front line between Kurdish Peshmerga and territory controlled by ISIS.