Iraqi Army, Peshmerga Reach Agreement To Secure Areas West Of Tigris
A Kurdish major general announced that the Peshmerga have reached an agreement with the Iraqi Army over how to secure the areas west of the Tigris River from ISIS attacks.
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Iraqis hope ecotourism will save rare marshes
Straddling Iraq's famous Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the Mesopotamian marshes are a rare aquatic ecosystem said to be the site of the biblical Garden of Eden. Iraqis are hoping increased ecotourism will save these marshes.
UN team unearths 12 mass graves in Iraq probe of IS crimes
A UN team investigating the massacre of Iraq's Yazidi minority and other atrocities committed by IS have excavated 12 mass graves.
ISIS Leader’s Reappearance Undermined by Long History of Internal Disputes
The reappearance of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a recent video attempted to show his leadership over the group. But years of discontent with his rule are now threatening to come to the fore.
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Iraqi forces clamp down on ISIS cells in west of Mosul
Following the success of recent operations to destroy ISIS sleeper cells in villages west of Mosul, residents of the city are finally feeling safer than they had done in previous months.
ISIS Uses Scorched Earth Tactics To Intimidate Farmers In Iraq
Since the province of Salahuddin in Iraq was recaptured from ISIS, its militants have taken to burning crop fields in the area, sabotaging the harvests of local farmers.
Young Volunteers Organise Campaign To Fix The Streets Of Mosul
As Mosul begins to return to a state of normality after years of war, young people are giving up their evenings to help fix their city's streets.
Courses in Dohuk rehabilitating hundreds of Yazidi children
Yazidi children, recently released from captivity by ISIS, share their experiences of the rehabilitation programmes organised by the Springs of Hope Association in Dohuk Province in northern Iraq.