Dozens of Iraqis gathered in front of the U.S. consulate in Irbil, capital of autonomous Kurdistan region, yesterday to thank the United States for its support to Kurdish Peshmerga forces fighting against IS militants. Produced by Radio Free Iraq.
Iraqi Christians who fled Mosul say a mounting campaign of terror by the Islamic State drove them to flee their city en masse. RFE/RL spoke with a refugee from Mosul about her experience.
More than 220,000 Syrians have sought shelter in Iraq's Kurdistan region, where they found relative stability as war raged at home. However, with ISIL militants entering the scene, Syrian refugees face new uncertainties.
