Despite challenges to the military campaign against ISIL, analysts are confident that victory is imminent.
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Despite challenges to the military campaign against ISIL, analysts are confident that victory is imminent.
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Much like Kobane before it, the town in northern Iraq was pitted as the decisive battle in the war against ISIL.
The proprietor of the first jazz bar in Iraq’s Kurdish region is confident about his prospects, despite the ongoing war.
Debate rages on whether the Kurds are fighting for Iraq or fighting for a piece of it.
Emboldened Iraqi Kurds may find momentum for greater gains on the back of ISIL’s rapid expansion in Iraq.
More than 66,000 Iraqi families have been displaced by fighting that first broke out in December 2013 in Anbar province.
Weaving and handicrafts are being re-taught to a younger generation of Iraqi Kurds, but not without challenges.