The kidnapping of a successful Iraqi party organizer suggests the government is powerless against militias that have become a law unto themselves. The dreams of Iraq’s youth are falling victim to their growing influence.
High rates of female genital mutilation set Iraqi Kurdistan apart from the rest of the country. More than the men, it is […]
Months of battling ISIL in the Yazidi city has turned these fresh-face recruits into hardened warriors.
In Bashir, a Shiite Turkmen town recently liberated from the “Islamic State,” tensions that could lead to a new conflict in Iraq […]
And estimated 400,000 civilians remained in the ancient city centre as Iraqi forces closed in on ISIS in Mosul. Human shields in […]
