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The Battle for Iraq
For our fourth dispatch about the escalating crisis in Iraq, VICE News embedded with Kurdish fighters as they struggled to maintain control over their land. We also spoke with a Sunni tribal leader in Kirkuk about the recent Kurdish takeover and the...
The Battle for Iraq
As a coalition of ISIS fighters, Sunni militias, and former Baathists continues to push its way toward Baghdad, the Iraqi army and Shiite militias have fought to slow its progress. In Mosul, however, ISIS and other Sunni forces now exert total control.
The Battle for Iraq
Last week, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the extremist militant Sunni group—along with other Sunni militias and former Baathist party members—seized control of large parts of Iraq, including Mosul, the nation's second largest city.
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