Der Gazastreifen gleicht einem Freiluftgefängnis: Die Bewohner können das Gebiet nur schwer verlassen, von außen darf kaum jemand hinein. Studierende lernen unter extremen Bedingungen – und träumen von der Freiheit.
ISIS used a sinkhole outside Mosul to dispose of its victims, a place already used by Saddam Hussein to make people disappear.
But army’s efforts to reform ex-Taliban fighters will likely not be enough to eliminate extremist threat.
The battle to retake Mosul from the so-called Islamic State is far from over. But the liberated zones feel very liberated indeed.
The kidnapping of a successful Iraqi party organizer suggests the government is powerless against militias.
