The Kurds and the Shiite units have proven ISIL’s most effective opponents, but in Jalawla, the differences between the reluctant brothers in arms could not be papered over.
As the Iraqi military slowly pushes into the heart of Mosul, suspected ISIS fighters are summarily executed.
Kurdish militias keep ISIS at bay on the plains of northern Syria. They will become a key US ally in the fight […]
The Yazidis have been able to return to their most holy place, but US jets hover overhead and IS militants lurk around […]
In Bashir, a Shiite Turkmen town recently liberated from the “Islamic State,” tensions that could lead to a new conflict in Iraq […]
