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.
Yazidis join Shiite militias as they flush out ISIL militants from the village of Kocho in southern Sinjar.
As Iraqi forces push into ISIS-held Mosul, desperate civilians are on the run from snipers, booby traps and suicide bombers.
Gangs of destitute Iraqis pick through dump outside Erbil as the city, once a beacon of prosperity, struggles with economic and refugee […]
With their backs to the wall, ISIS fighters in the city of Mosul are using poison gas to try and hold off […]