The terror group has lost its land, but not its ability to wage a war of terror and intimidation, and the Iraqi government’s corruption is helping it recruit.
The Daily Beast: On the Run From ISIS in Iraq’s ‘Bandit Country’

The terror group has lost its land, but not its ability to wage a war of terror and intimidation, and the Iraqi government’s corruption is helping it recruit.
Bitter cold, few comforts, civilians that give their position away and no end in sight for the Ukrainian soldiers pitched against separatists […]
Ehab was killed in his car. Abbas was shot on his way to a funeral. Zahra faces constant death threats. In Iraq, […]
The battle to retake Mosul from the so-called Islamic State is far from over. But the liberated zones feel very liberated indeed.
Yazidis join Shiite militias as they flush out ISIL militants from the village of Kocho in southern Sinjar.