Despite some recent high-profile, deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq, ISIS is much weaker than it used to be. Still, people who live between the Kurdish semi-autonomous region and the rest of Iraq are still dealing with sporadic violent attacks. Reporter Yasmine Mosimann visited the village of Lheiban at the foot of the Qarachogh mountains to see how much of a threat the Islamic State remains to villagers and the rest of the world.
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