Thousands of Kurdish students took to the streets of several cities in northern Iraq Tuesday, demanding the autonomous government of Iraqi Kurdistan restore their monthly stipends
In the northern Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah, a family has turned their home into a shelter for wounded and abused animals. Dilshad Anwar reports from Iraq.
Kakai men traditionally grow big mustaches, a feature that, members say, has meant certain death for many of them as IS used it to identify them
Kurdish forces say a planned joint counterterrorism raid with Iraqi forces against Islamic State militants was called off following a flag brawl with their Iraqi counterparts at a checkpoint in the north. VOA’s Dilshad Anwar reports from the region in this story narrated by Namo Abdulla. Produced by: Nawid Orokzai
Islamic State militants have increased their activity in some northern Iraqi provinces. Local residents say IS recently kidnapped and threatened to kill civilians in the area, forcing many to flee their homes. VOA's Dilshad Anwar filed this report narrated by Sirwan Kajjo.
Four mass graves with dozens of bodies believed to be Kurds killed by former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s forces were found in desert of al-Muthanna province in southern Iraq
Dozens of members of the Kakai minority in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq have been displaced after several attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants who are taking sanctuary in the isolated plains of the region. VOA’s Dlshad Anwar reports.
About 1,000 Islamic State militants recently surrendered to Kurdish Peshmerga forces in southern Kirkuk, and Kurdish officials say they will not accept a request from the Iraqi government to hand over the militants. VOA's Dlshad Anwar reports from the region.
Thousands of Iraqi troops, Kurdish Peshmerga and Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces have been deployed on the outskirts of Kirkuk province amid preparations to retake the nearby district of Hawija from the Islamic State. VOA's Dlshad Anwar reports from the region.
As the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militias make preparations to attack the Islamic State (IS) in its last Kirkuk stronghold of Hawija, the terror group has increased checkpoints and landmines around the town to prevent residents from fleeing. VOA's Dilshad Anwar reports.
Three years after Islamic State was ousted in Iraq’s Salahuddin province, 12,000 Sunni residents of Sulaiman Bek are unable to return home because Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces militiamen turned the town into a military base. VOA’s Dlshad Anwar reports.
As Islamic State (IS) continues losing ground to the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces in Mosul, IS militants are trying to regroup in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, where they still control scattered towns and villages. VOA’s Dilshad Anwar reports.
The Iraqi Kurdish government has placed dozens of Islamic State (IS) members’ families in the Qorato refugee camp in Kirkuk, but they are kept separated from people who were victimized by IS. VOA’s Dilshad Anwar reports.
Kurdish security forces have captured dozens of cellphones the so-called Islamic State (IS) rigged with explosives for terrorist attacks in northern Iraq.
Iraqi and Kurdish forces are preparing to push Islamic State fighters from the northern Iraqi town of Hawija. VOA’s Dilshad Anwar reports.
Predominantly Sunni town of Hawija is militant group's largest stronghold in Iraq after Mosul
Nearly two years after being liberated from IS, residents of Jalawla are returning to their homes. VOA's Dilshad Anwar reports.
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