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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

August 13, 2014Conflict

As ISIS forces closed in on the de facto Kurdish capital, residents of the city tried to keep their daily lives going. Now, after an American intervention, the future looks more secure, though some Kurds fear that the aid may carry a heavy price for them.As ISIS forces closed in on the de facto Kurdish capital, residents of the city tried to keep their daily lives going. Now, after an American intervention, the future looks more secure, though some Kurds fear that the aid may carry a heavy price for them.