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.
With gang violence spiraling out of control, police speak of “low intensity warfare”on the streets of Sweden.
Attacks on Sinjar highlight dangers posed by group’s homemade gas-filled weapons with Kurdish fighters ill-equipped to protect themselves.
The plight of the Yazidis brought the United States back into the Iraq War when Obama moved to save them on Mount […]
While Iraqi forces fight to dislodge ISIS from the city of Fallujah, displaced civilians languish in desert camps under the searing desert […]