The Yazidis have been able to return to their most holy place, but US jets hover overhead and IS militants lurk around the corner.
Middle East Eye: Hope and dismay as Iraq’s Yazidis mark their New Year

The Yazidis have been able to return to their most holy place, but US jets hover overhead and IS militants lurk around the corner.
Thousands of Yazidi women and children were kidnapped by ISIS. A group of smugglers are taking great risks to get them back.
In fight for Iraq’s second city, Iraqi elite forces admit to struggling with IS’s endless supply of mechanised suicide bombers.
Gangs of destitute Iraqis pick through dump outside Erbil as the city, once a beacon of prosperity, struggles with economic and refugee […]
Kurdish militias keep ISIS at bay on the plains of northern Syria. They will become a key US ally in the fight […]