Cathy Otten

Men freed from an ISIL jail in north­ern Iraq re­call beat­ings, elec­tric shocks and sum­ma­ry ex­e­cu­tions.

A new­ly formed force, Na­tion­al Mo­bil­i­sa­tion Unit, will sup­port the Iraqi army dur­ing the of­fen­sive on Mo­sul.

As Kur­dish forces re­claim Yazi­di towns from ISIL, new­ly dis­cov­ered mass graves are re­veal­ing the scope of dev­as­ta­tion.

The strong sense of com­mu­ni­ty among Yazidis brings them through the trau­ma of war.

Res­i­dents of Amer­li say they are run­ning out of wa­ter and food sup­plies, as the UN warns of a ‘des­per­ate’ sit­u­a­tion.

The Is­lam­ic State group’s ul­ti­ma­tum to Mo­sul Chris­tians has been con­demned by Iraq’s re­li­gious schol­ars.

Ne­go­ti­a­tions be­gin to set up coali­tion gov­ern­ment, while PM Ma­li­ki’s fu­ture re­mains un­cer­tain de­spite big elec­tion win.