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soldiers in a tank
Conflict & Justice
As bombs fall, northern Syria braces for a potential Turkish invasion
American Village entrance gates on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq, the Kurdish defacto capital.
Military
Kurds grapple with US troop drawdown in Iraq
The Jaffar Mosque in the Daretu neighborhood of Erbil in 2015 where Imam Shawan preached before he left to join ISIS. 
Sacred Nation
In the wake of ISIS, Kurdish authorities are controlling religious messaging
Three men in suits stand with their heads bowed.
Commentary
Analysis: Trump’s reversal in Syria was a play to keep his base intact
Syrian displaced families who fled violence after the Turkish offensive against Syria, sit in a bus on their way to camps on the outskirts of Dohuk, Iraq, on October 16, 2019.
Conflict
Syrian civilians plea for ‘no-fly’ zone
Syria
Can Turkey resettle 1 million Syrians in an 18-mile wide ‘safe zone’?
Smoke rises from the Syrian side of the border.
Civilians flee Syrian border towns as Turkish warplanes, artillery begin offensive
A semicircle of Kurdish female fighters of the Women's Protection Unit (YPJ) gesturing V for Victory symbols in the Sheikh Maksoud neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Feb. 7, 2018.
Conflict
Who are the Kurds?
US and Turkish military forces conduct a joint ground patrol inside the security mechanism area in northeast, Syria, October 4, 2019.
Military
US pullout from Syria could bring ‘another rise of ISIS’ researcher says
Kurdish fighters driving Toyota SUVs with green and yellow flags on top are shown driving in head of US military MRAP vehicles.
US-led coalition says it has started Syria withdrawal
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) celebrate the defeat of ISIS in Raqqa, Syria.
Conflict
A Raqqa resident asks why militia had to destroy his city to liberate it
Captives suspected of being Islamic State militants are seen southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq.
Conflict
Nearly a thousand ISIS fighters choose surrender, not martyrdom, in Iraq
Kurdish flags
Conflict
Kurds have a long list of reasons for seeking independence
Opponents and supporters of the Turkish government beat each other up outside the residence of the Turkish ambassador to Washington, DC.
Global Politics
VIDEO: Street brawl breaks out in DC outside Turkey ambassador’s residence
President Donald Trump watches as Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan departs at the entrance to the West Wing of the White House in Washington on May 16.
Global Politics
Trump meets Turkey’s Erdogan as the US vows to arm his enemies
Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) stand near US military vehicles in the town of Darbasiya next to the Turkish border, Syria, April 29, 201
Conflict
Trump authorizes Pentagon to directly arm Syrian Kurds in fight against ISIS
Children play with a kite at a shelter for displaced Yazidis on Mount Sinjar, northern Iraq.
Conflict
Years after US Iraq intervention, Yazidis are still seeking safety on a mountain
Turkish MP: Turkey Nearing Civil War
Full Episode
The "Colonel," 48, looks out at a small village outside Kirkuk littered with homemade bombs from ISIS militants. He team has to clear away IEDs set by ISIS militants, but they have little equipment to do the job.
Conflict
Kurdish bomb experts defuse IEDs on a shoestring
Residents of Erbil buy groceries in a local market.
Lifestyle
Just 60 miles from ISIS, youth bowl, swim, see George Clooney in ‘Tomorrowland’
Dean Parker, a commercial housepainter and avid surfer from Florida, traveled to northern Iraq to fight with the Kurdish Peshmerga against ISIS.
Conflict
Meet the surfing grandfather from Florida who helped the Kurds fight ISIS
Mohammed Jamil lived across the street from Iman Shawan, who left the Kurdish community to join ISIS.
Conflict
Kurdish men are joining ISIS to kill their own people
Jordan Matson's profile picture on Facebook
Conflict
A veteran from Wisconsin explains why he joined the fight against ISIS
Smoke rises after a US-led air strike in the Syrian town of Kobane on October 8, 2014.
Conflict
Airstrikes in Kobane aren’t relieving the desperation among Kurdish refugees
Kurdish protesters set fire to a barricade blocking the street as they clash with riot police in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on October 7, 2014.
Conflict
‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’
Turkish tanks taking up position on the Turkish-Syrian border on September 29, 2014, after stray fire landed on Turkish territory. Turkey is concentrating forces along the border ahead of a parliamentary debate on authorizing military intervention in Syri
Conflict
Turkey prepares to make a military move into Syria, but NATO needs convincing
Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Makhmur.
Conflict
Kurds in northern Iraq now suspect their Arab neighbors of siding with ISIS
Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, stand in formation in northern Iraq on May 14, 2013.
Conflict
The US named this Kurdish party a terrorist group — now it needs its help to fight ISIS
Female fighters from Colonel Nahida's peshmerga battalion view the front lines with ISIS.
Conflict
Meet the female colonel leading Kurdish forces into battle against ISIS
Female fighters from Colonel Nahida's peshmerga battalion view the front lines with ISIS.
Conflict
Meet the female colonel leading Kurdish forces into battle against ISIS
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Families fleeing the violence in the Iraqi city of Mosul arrive at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Arbil.
Conflict & Justice
Why some residents of Mosul see a silver lining in the jihadi takeover
Three U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet fighters from strike fighter squadron VFA-83 Rampagers fly in formation over the desert during "Operation Desert Storm" on 3 February 1991.
Conflict & Justice
How wars end part IV: the Gulf War