Yazidis join Shiite militias as they flush out ISIL militants from the village of Kocho in southern Sinjar.
The National: After years of murder and enslavement by ISIL, Iraq’s Yazidis are determined to liberate their own homeland

Yazidis join Shiite militias as they flush out ISIL militants from the village of Kocho in southern Sinjar.
Attacks on Sinjar highlight dangers posed by group’s homemade gas-filled weapons with Kurdish fighters ill-equipped to protect themselves.
The Kurds and the Shiite units have proven ISIL’s most effective opponents, but in Jalawla, the differences between the reluctant brothers in […]
The battle with ISIL for the university had been a harsh lesson for Iraqi troops and although it was won, the war […]
The battle to retake Mosul from the so-called Islamic State is far from over. But the liberated zones feel very liberated indeed.