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Ayub Nuri

Translator extraordinaire Ayub Nuri on the right, along with reporter Aaron Schachter and their driver Abdulrazzaq Zanjeel at a street cafe in Baghdad in 2003.

Fixers are a foreign reporter’s best friend — and often their lifeline

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Spoiler alert: A behind the scenes look at foreign correspondents that you may not want to know! A good interpreter, or “fixer,” can make the difference not only between a good story and a bad one, but between life and death.

Kurdish protesters set fire to a barricade blocking the street as they clash with riot police in Diyarbakir, Turkey, on October 7, 2014.

‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’

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Kurdish peshmerga troops stand guard in the Iraqi province of Nineveh on August 6, 2014.

Kurds in Irbil try to maintain normal lives with ISIS close by

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Volunteers have joined the Iraqi security forces to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from a radical Islamic group (ISIL) who've taken over parts of northern Iraq.

Iraq is ‘back where it was’ at height of the civil war

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Members of the Kurdish security forces occupied Kirkuk province last week, after Iraqi government forces fled.

With Iraq in chaos, Kurds argue it’s time for partition

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Members of the Kurdish security forces occupied Kirkuk province last week, after Iraqi government forces fled.

With Iraq in chaos, Kurds argue it’s time for partition

Conflict & Justice

The current crisis in Iraq might present an opportunity for the Kurds, a large ethnic minority which has its own autonomous area in the north-east of the country. They have long sought a partition of Iraq.

Some of the young Baghdadis who volunteered Friday for the Iraqi Army on Friday.

There’s fear in Baghdad as jihadis advance

Conflict & Justice

Fear is mounting in Baghdad, as rumors swirl that Sunni extremist forces are on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital. There is not much confidence that the Iraqi army can stop them. The US is delaying direct assistance until it gets assurances of political change.

Some of the young Baghdadis who volunteered Friday for the Iraqi Army on Friday.

There’s fear in Baghdad as jihadis advance

Conflict & Justice

Fear is mounting in Baghdad, as rumors swirl that Sunni extremist forces are on the outskirts of the Iraqi capital. There is not much confidence that the Iraqi army can stop them. The US is delaying direct assistance until it gets assurances of political change.

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