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The Yazidi girls were often just teenagers when they were abducted from their villages in the mountains of Kurdistan by fighters of Islamic State. They were converted to Islam by force, were sold as sex slaves for terrorists. Now that the survivors return to their homeland, the question arises if they will manage to start anew. Theatre-maker Hussein tries to help them to find a new life.
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Iraq has held its fifth election since the US-led invasion in 2003. The government is portraying the election as fulfilling the public demand for change but protesters denounce it as neither free nor fair.
More than a year after the end of the war against IS, Iraq’s government faces a new challenge. Survivors of the war believe they’re not getting the quality of care they deserve.
Over 700,000 people were displaced during the nine-month battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS. Many fled to the 20 refugees camps outside the decimated city. Now these survivors have nowhere to return to but a ruined city.
In 2014, Jürgen Todenhöfer gained unprecedented access into the inner workings of the Islamic State, filming his documentary Inside IS. Now he returns to a desolate Mosul, questioning the effectiveness of the West's intervention.
For over a year Kurdish forces have united in defence against bloody IS attacks. So how have Islamic State still managed to recruit hundreds of young Kurds to fight for the Caliphate against their own families?
As ISIS take more and more Iraqi territory, this report goes on patrol with a Shia military group preparing to defend the capital. With minimal training and equipment, can they withstand the jihadi storm?
As US troops finally withdraw from Iraq, can the country's huge oil reservoirs bring it prosperity and security at last? Or will it further divide this war-torn land between the haves and the have-nots?
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