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Since the Islamic State's fall, a tangled web of militia forces have run Sinjar. Now their flags are coming down, and the Iraqi military has deployed to the area for the first time in nearly 20 years
In a northern town brutalized by IS, Iraq tests its power by Samya Kullab, The Associated Press Posted Dec 24, 2020 1:08 am EDT Last Updated Dec 24, 2020 at 1:12 am EDT SINJAR, Iraq — One by one, the flags belonging to a patchwork of armed forces were lowered in a northern Iraqi town once brutalized by the Islamic State group. The territorial claims symbolized by each were replaced by the fluttering of just one: The Iraqi state’s. The hoisting of the national flag in Sinjar, home to Iraq’s Yazidi religious minority, is the result of a deal months in the making for the federal government...
In a northern town brutalised by Islamic State, Iraq tests its power SECTIONS Last Updated: Dec 24, 2020, 05:49 PM IST Share Synopsis The hoisting of the national flag in Sinjar, home to Iraq's Yazidi religious minority, is the result of a deal months in the making for the federal government to restore order from a tangled web of paramilitaries, who sowed chaos in the district during the bedlam following liberation from IS three years ago. AP A view of deserted ruins in the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar, where the Iraqi army recently moved in to restore federal government control. Friday, Dec...
In a northern town brutalised by IS, Iraq tests its power Many Yazidis accuse local Sunni Arabs of supporting IS. Since the militants’ fall, Sunni Arabs have had frictions with Yazidi militias — and a number of Sunnis have been killed. Associated Press December 24, 2020 / 05:20 PM IST One by one, the flags belonging to a patchwork of armed forces were lowered in a northern Iraqi town once brutalized by the Islamic State group. The territorial claims symbolized by each were replaced by the fluttering of just one: The Iraqi state’s. The hoi...
Samya Kullab A Yazidi woman Farso Mato Sabo, 89, a survivor of Islamic State atrocities recounts her harrowing tale in the village of Tal Binat, Sinjar, Iraq. Friday Dec. 4, 2020. A new agreement aims to bring order to Iraq's northern region of Sinjar, home to the Yazidi religious minority brutalized by the Islamic State group. Since IS's fall, a tangled web of militia forces have run the area, near the Syrian border. Now their flags are coming down, and the Iraqi military has deployed in Sinjar for the first time in nearly 20 years. (AP Photo/Samya Kullab) Decembe...