Iranian General Reportedly Killed By ISIS Sniper In Northern Iraq
Brig. Gen. Hamid Taqavi, a veteran of the brutal Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s, was killed while training Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen, Iran says.
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With Each New Upheaval In Iraq, More Minorities Flee
"We like Iraq, but Iraq doesn't like us," says a displaced Christian man. He's just one of example of religious minorities who have been dislodged from parts of Iraq where they have ancient roots.
Pittsburgh Tries To Attract Enterprising Immigrants And Refugees
Pittsburgh is the latest Rust Belt city hoping to lure high-skilled immigrants into its labor force by helping refugees and other immigrants land the kind of jobs they held back home.
U.S. Strikes Have Killed 1,100 ISIS Fighters And Cost $1 Billion
Spending exceeds $8 million per day. Operation Inherent Resolve, as the U.S.-led operation against the Islamic State is known, is getting its own inspector general to oversee government costs.
Kurds Put Their Independence Dreams On Hold
When Iraq was rapidly fracturing this summer, the Kurds started talking about independence that they've been seeking for a century. But now, the priority seems to be battling the Islamic State.
Kurdish Forces Push Offensive To Retake Sinjar From ISIS
Days after breaking the siege of Mount Sinjar and freeing trapped Yazidis there, peshmerga forces were pressing an offensive to retake the town itself from the Islamist militia.
Kurdish Troops Free Yazidis, But Major Battles Remain
With the help of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi Kurdish forces have made significant advances against the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS.
At An Isolated Camp, Iraqi Police Prep For A Showdown With ISIS
Iraqi security forces are training with the goal of reclaiming territory lost to the Islamic State. Police at a camp near the front line say such a battle would be personal.
Kurdish Officials Worry About Kurds Joining The Islamic State
In the Kurdish city of Halabja, young men have been disappearing to join ISIS. It's a trend the authorities don't really want to discuss. But they are clamping down to try to make it stop.
For Yazidi Women, Escaping ISIS Doesn't Mean The Ordeal Is Over
Many of the 5,000 Yazidi hostages in Iraq are women who are being raped. Those who return to their deeply conservative community face new trauma: shame, invasive "virginity tests," possible pregnancy.