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western Iraq

woman wearing military fatigues holds a gun

Thousands of ISIS fighters sit in prison. Kurdish leaders call for a special tribunal.

ISIS fighters committed heinous crimes. Thousands are now locked up in camps and prisons across northern Syria. But the evidence against them is flimsy and the cost of justice, high. What should happen to them?

A US air strike on a suspected insurgent hideout in Fallujah in 2004. It's been more than 2 1/2 years since the US carried out air strikes in Iraq.

One former policy maker argues you can’t bomb Iraq without bombing Syria

Conflict & Justice
A US air strike on a suspected insurgent hideout in Fallujah in 2004. It's been more than 2 1/2 years since the US carried out air strikes in Iraq.

One former policy maker argues you can’t bomb Iraq without bombing Syria

Conflict & Justice
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