The Islamic State recently attacked Peshmerga fighters in Sinjar, and also attempted to storm the Ain al-Asad Air Base, where hundreds of US Marines are training Iraqi troops.
The militants freed at least 200 members of the Iraqi minority group, but many women and young girls are still being held prisoner and subjected to violence.
The terror group attempts to show a normal resumption of life under militant rule with a photo essay of students attending school in the country's northwest.
Shia militias enlisted to fight against the Islamic State are kidnapping and murdering hundreds of mostly-Sunni victims with impunity, according to a new Amnesty International report.
VICE News speaks to fighters from the PKK — a group the US designates a terrorist organization — that recently arrived in Kirkuk to fight the Islamic State.
