In Bashir, a Shiite Turkmen town recently liberated from the “Islamic State,” tensions that could lead to a new conflict in Iraq are palpable.
DW: A common enemy brings old foes together

In Bashir, a Shiite Turkmen town recently liberated from the “Islamic State,” tensions that could lead to a new conflict in Iraq are palpable.
A Mosul hotel is a meeting place that underlines changes thought unthinkable months ago.
As the Iraqi military slowly pushes into the heart of Mosul, suspected ISIS fighters are summarily executed.
Iraqi troops make heavy weather of retaking villages en route to first major objective of the campaign to liberate Mosul from ISIS.
Eventually the stench of death was too much even for ISIS. They covered it, mined it. The Iraqi government won’t touch it. […]