Iraqi Kurdistan
Islamic State Is Pushed Back but Fierce Fighting Continues Around Iraq's Mosul Dam
The Iraqi military claims to have “fully cleansed” Mosul Dam of the Islamic State, but VICE News saw that the battle is still underway.
How The Islamic State Seized Peshmerga Territory So Easily
It turns out the feared Iraqi fighters weren't as invincible as everyone thought.
The US Arms Kurdish Troops as a Political Crisis Brews in Baghdad
The US moved to arm the peshmerga fighting the Islamic State, while in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appeared to be out of a job.
The US Has Reluctantly Started Bombing Iraq Again
US jets bombed two Islamic State targets near Erbil — a first effort to stop what President Obama called the "genocide" of Iraqi minorities.
Total Chaos in Northern Iraq as Islamic State Takes Country's Largest Dam
The Sunni militants made significant gains today, displacing tens of thousands and leaving Kurdish and Iraqi forces scrambling to respond.
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.