With Turkey enforcing an economic blockade on Kurdish-controlled areas neighbouring the extremists’ stronghold, residents have little choice but to cross over into the relatively prosperous city.
Der Gazastreifen gleicht einem Freiluftgefängnis: Die Bewohner können das Gebiet nur schwer verlassen, von außen darf kaum jemand hinein. Studierende lernen unter […]
The site of the ancient city of Nimrud was destroyed and plundered by ISIS, just one of the region’s archeological treasures to […]
For Iraq’s half a million Yazidis, ISIL’s lightning advance towards Sinjar has shattered their belief in a peaceful coexistence with the Sunni […]
The mosque contained what Muslims and Christians believe was the tomb of Jonah. It also held a shrine said to have contained […]
