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The Islamic State Lashes Out With Suicide Bombings After Losing Territory in Iraq
Two deadly attacks targeted Iraq's ruling Shiite majority, and killed 26 people in two separate explosions in Baghdad.
Islamic State 'Defeated and On the Run' From Sinjar — But Who Made It Happen?
VICE News is embedded with Kurdish forces as they mount an offensive to take back the Iraqi town of Sinjar from IS. This morning they are claiming victory.
Kurds Launch Offensive to Take Back Sinjar From Islamic State
VICE News is on the frontline as around 7,500 Kurdish special forces, peshmerga and Yazidi fighters attempt to take back the key town of Sinjar, backed by US airstrikes.
'Soon It Will Be Too Late': The Children Lost Inside the Islamic State
The next jihadi generation is key to the Islamic State's survival. VICE News spoke to a Yazidi teenager who escaped sexual slavery and a man whose wife and children are in captivity in Raqqa.
'We Have to Defeat Them': On Mount Sinjar With Kurdish Forces as They Battle the Islamic State
VICE News traveled with the Kurdish peshmerga as they fight back against the Islamic State in the Iraqi cities of Sinjar and Mosul.
Pinned Down by the Islamic State: The Road to Mosul (Part 1)
In part one of a three-part series, VICE News embeds with Kurdish peshmerga fighters defending the hills above the Islamic State-held city of Sinjar.
'The Old Tiger of Mount Sinjar': Meet Qasim Shesho, the Yazidi Commander Battling the Islamic State
VICE News traveled to Sinoun in the foothills of Iraq's Sinjar Mountains to meet the head of the Yazidi militia fighting to defend his people from the jihadist group.
The Islamic State Is Targeting Iraq's Minorities in a 'Wave of Ethnic Cleansing,' says Amnesty International
Islamic State militants massacred men and boys as young as 12 and kidnapped hundreds of women and children, Amnesty International said today.
Iraqi Christians Aren't Impressed by the Vatican's Promises of Help
One of the Pope's top envoys visited Erbil on Wednesday promising to mobilize the powers of the church to help Christians and other minorities.
Why Is the Islamic State Trying to Eradicate Iraq's Yazidi Minority?
For the past week, the world's gaze has been fixed on northern Iraq, where the Islamic State is besieging, scattering, and starving out the Yazidis, an ethno-religious minority on the run.
Iraq's Yazidis Who Fled to Refugee Camps Say They Will Never Go Home
Yezidis driven from their homes in Iraq by Islamic State militants told VICE News that their exodus will be permanent.
Kurdish Forces Prepare to Counterattack the Islamic State
With the help of Iraqi airpower, the peshmerga are hoping to retake territory they lost to the Islamic State over the weekend.