Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringMosuli Refugees Train to Retake Iraq’s Second Largest CityBut they can’t defeat Islamic State on their own — and their allies are dividedMar 19, 2015Mar 19, 2015
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringA Peshmerga Fighter’s Tale of SurvivalMarrof Kabays and his comrades fought for their lives to escape Islamic StateMar 9, 2015Mar 9, 2015
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringThere’s Drama Between Kurdistan’s Two Best FrenemiesThe PKK came to fight Islamic State—and then overstayed its welcomeFeb 12, 2015Feb 12, 2015
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringThe Kurds Cut a Major Islamic State Supply RoutePeshmerga troops seized a critical road during a push toward MosulJan 22, 2015Jan 22, 2015
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringIslamic State Threatened This Family—Convert or DieThe terror group freed 196 Yezidis after months in captivityJan 20, 2015Jan 20, 2015
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringThe Kurds Are Quietly Annexing KirkukAnd the city’s oil richesJan 9, 2015Jan 9, 2015
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringKurds Break the Siege of Mount Sinjar as Militants FleeBut the battle for the Yezidi homeland is far from overDec 22, 2014Dec 22, 2014
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringThe Two Deaths of ‘Crazy Fakhir’Former Iraqi commander cleared booby-traps—until it finally killed himNov 19, 2014Nov 19, 2014
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringEven Islamic State Can’t Get Baghdad and Erbil to CooperateArguments over autonomy and oil persist as war ragesNov 12, 2014Nov 12, 2014
Vager SaadullahinWar Is BoringWounded Kurdish Fighter Says Islamic State Controls Just Five Percent of KobaniTurkey helps injured Kurdish troops as U.S. air strikes start to workOct 22, 2014Oct 22, 2014
