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A year at war with the Islamic State

Iraq Kurd leader announces the 'liberation' of Sinjar from IS

Agence France-Presse

November 13, 2015

Iraqi Kurdish regional president Massud Barzani on Friday said the town of Sinjar was freed in a major operation against the Islamic State.

Report: US to overhaul rebel force fighting IS in Syria

Agence France-Presse

September 07, 2015

The effort amounts to an admission that the fledgling force is failing to be effective.

Looking back on the death of James Foley

August 19, 2015

On the one-year anniversary of his death, GlobalPost’s CEO reflects on the correspondent's murder by the Islamic State.

Reporting on Syria is nearly impossible at this point

August 18, 2015

A year after the murder of American reporter James Foley, journalism from inside Syria is hard to find.

Agence France-Presse

Turkey's airstrikes against Kurdish militants in Iraq are also killing civilians

August 08, 2015

Turkey began bombing bases belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party’s (PKK) in the Qandil Mountains late last month.

The US has been bombing the Islamic State for a year. What has been achieved?

August 07, 2015

Analysis: Certain figures paint a rosy picture of the anti-IS campaign. But numbers can be misleading.

Meet the Yazidi family heading the fight against the Islamic State

December 26, 2014

Generations of the Shasho family have left comfortable lives in Europe to fight on the Yazidi front lines in Iraq.

Captured by the Islamic State, these two Sinjar teens went through hell. Then they ran

September 30, 2014

Sara and Leila both survived the mass capture of Yazidi women and children in Iraq last year. These are their stories.

A comprehensive 54-step guide to how the US helped create the Islamic State

June 13, 2014

Updated

05/14/2015 - 9:00am

Terrorists are winning the war the US started.

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