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Aram Shakaram

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.

Why Iraq may be headed for an all-out sectarian war

Conflict & Justice

Half-a-million Iraqis are believed to be on the road as Sunni extremists seize city after city in the north. The Iraqi army in the north appears to have collapsed in just 24 hours.