A soldier searched for remains at the mass grave. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
by Tim Arango | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East
Hamam al-Alil, Iraq- The battle was over in Hamam al-Alil, Iraq, an old spa resort town that the country’s security forces had wrested from ISIS a few days ago, but one Iraqi soldier was still on a very personal mission. The soldier, Zaman Mijwal, was looking for his...
by Tim Arango | Jun 2, 2016 | Middle East
Near Fallujah (Iraq), New York Times-Along the battle line north of Fallujah, small units of Shi’ite fighters are raining mortar shells and rockets down on the city and its ISIS occupiers. The battle in Fallujah has become entrenched outside the city itself....
