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.
As Baghdad is rocked by deadly explosions and political chaos, “drifting” is an increasingly popular way for young men in the Iraqi […]
While both Iraq’s Kurdish fighters and Shiite militias played a key role in blunting and then reversing ISIL’s surge in Iraq, relations […]
As thousands of the country’s refugees risk their lives every day to enter Europe, Kobani’s residents are moving the other way, leaving […]
With Turkey enforcing an economic blockade on Kurdish-controlled areas neighbouring the extremists’ stronghold, residents have little choice but to cross over into […]