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Policemen who fled Mosul train in a camp near Erbil to try to take their city back from ISIS.
Conflict
The men who ran from ISIS in Mosul say they’re ready to take the city back
ISIS flags flutter on the Mullah Abdullah bridge in southern Kirkuk in early October 2014. The Iraqi Kurdish security forces are dug-in at the opposite end of the bridge.
Conflict
The campaign against ISIS isn’t producing big victories
Young Iraqi men gather in Baghdad's Jadriya district every Friday night to "drift" — a form of stunt driving where the driver purposefully skids and partially loses control of the car at high speeds.
Culture
Young Iraqis are ‘drifting’ through their country’s crisis
Iraq's Shi'ite militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq
Conflict
Iraq has a new prime minister, but its powerful militias might not care
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
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