In a northern Iraqi town, neighbors fear each other, suspicious of hidden members of the Islamic State group among the population. The so-called 'caliphate' has fallen, but a quiet war still burns against its remnants.
weighs heavily especially on women and children, who face crushing discrimination because of male relatives seen as supporting IS.
Now the population is divided. Residents who suffered at the hands of IS or lost loved ones to the group are suspicious of neighbors they believe still support the militants. Within families, some members belonged to the group and others opposed it. They asked him about his father and brother. “I swear, they destroyed my life,” the man said. When asked about IS, he insisted, “I never came face to face with them.”
Among the most chilling IS attacks was the Jan. 3 killing of the three Abd brothers, carried out with brutal precision.
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