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Iraqi security forces advance in military vehicles in Kirkuk on Oct. 16, 2017.
Conflict
US allies turn their US guns on each other in Iraq
Capt. Khatoon Khider, left, commander of the all-female Yazidi Sun Brigade, with her sister, Aliya, in a home near the city of Dohuk, in Iraqi Kurdistan, on Sept. 24.
Conflict
These Yazidi sisters took up arms to take revenge against ISIS
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
Islamic State has expanded its propaganda program into English language radio
Conflict
Thanks for listening to ISIS radio in English
Peshmerga on patrol
Conflict
American veterans choose to head back to Iraq to fight against ISIS
Dean Parker, a commercial housepainter and avid surfer from Florida, traveled to northern Iraq to fight with the Kurdish Peshmerga against ISIS.
Global Scan
Some foreigners fight for ISIS, but this American joined the fight against it
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
Kemal Kerkuki, commanding officer of Peshmerga forces outside of Kirkuk, speaks with his troops.
Global Politics
The Kurdish Peshmerga helping the US take back territory from ISIS may be kicking out Arabs
A Kurdish peshmerga fighter holds up a piece of clothing worn by an ISIS fighter on December 18, 2014. Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by ISIS.
Conflict
Kurdish fighters finally end the months-long siege of Mount Sinjar
Doctor Samet Menguc, Secretary General of the Istanbul Chamber of Medicine, reads a press statement decrying the Turkish government's inaction over the plight of Kobane. About two thousand people marched in Istanbul - one of several rallies across the cou
Conflict
Iraqi peshmerga finally enter Kobane, but Turkey’s Kurds still hold their government accountable
“Long live the Iraqi army,” tattooed on Sirgon Horomes’ arm. He says now he’s disappointed the army did not protect him and other Christians.
Conflict
Thousands of young Christian Iraqis have joined the fight against ISIS — but few have faith it will help
Kurdish Peshmerga forces, Makhmur.
Conflict
Kurds in northern Iraq now suspect their Arab neighbors of siding with ISIS
A Kurdish fighter shows off his new weapons outside the gun bazaar. Behind him is the prison that sits next to the market.
Conflict
Kurdish soldiers are paying for their weapons out of their own pockets
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi, who was nominated by Iraq's president to replace Nouri al-Maliki.
Conflict
It might take a miracle to get Iraq back on track
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
Kurdish men display weapons for sale at an arms market in Irbil, capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
Conflict
A Kurdish British lawmaker goes back to Iraq on a mission to boost support for the peshmerga
Jiyayi Suleyman, 26, is Nashville’s first Kurdish American police officer. “I took this job to bridge the gap between not only the Kurdish community but the Muslim community with the police department,” Suleyman says. “I wanted to be that one guy that mak
Culture
Take a ride-along with Nashville’s first Kurdish American cop
Kurdish peshmerga troops stand guard in the Iraqi province of Nineveh on August 6, 2014.
Conflict
Kurds in Irbil try to maintain normal lives with ISIS close by
People with portraits of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki rally in support of him in Baghdad on August 11, 2014.
Conflict
The fight against ISIS takes a back seat to squabbles in Baghdad
A Kurdish resident holds a signs during a demonstration in support of peshmerga troops in front of the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq.
Conflict
War, politics and humanitarian disasters give Iraq a perfect storm of crises
A Kurdish resident holds a signs during a demonstration in support of peshmerga troops in front of the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq.
Conflict
War, politics and humanitarian disasters give Iraq a perfect storm of crises
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
Displaced families from the minority Yazidi sect flee violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar. Iraq's Prime Minister, Nuri al-Malik, ordered his air force for the first time to back Kurdish forces against Islamic State fighters after the Sunni milit
Conflict
The battle against ISIS leads to odd alliances in Iraq
Displaced families from the minority Yazidi sect flee violence in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar. Iraq's Prime Minister, Nuri al-Malik, ordered his air force for the first time to back Kurdish forces against Islamic State fighters after the Sunni milit
Conflict
The battle against ISIS leads to odd alliances in Iraq
A member of the Kurdish security forces takes up position with his weapon as he guards a section of an oil refinery.
Conflict & Justice
After ISIS advance, Kurds win back important control over northern Iraq’s oil
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdish Iraq, the fight against ISIS isn’t just for men
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdish Iraq, the fight against ISIS isn’t just for men
Members of the Kurdish security forces occupied Kirkuk province last week, after Iraqi government forces fled.
Conflict & Justice
With Iraq in chaos, Kurds argue it’s time for partition
Members of the Kurdish security forces occupied Kirkuk province last week, after Iraqi government forces fled.
Conflict & Justice
With Iraq in chaos, Kurds argue it’s time for partition
Families fleeing violence in northern wait at a checkpoint on the edge of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. Half-a-million people are believed to have fled the city of Mosul in 24 hours.
Conflict & Justice
Why Iraq may be headed for an all-out sectarian war
Conflict & Justice
In Kurdistan: no friends but the mountains … and the US