ISIS may be losing its physical caliphate, but its conquest of Iraq and Syria—and the scars it has left behind—live on. From those forced to fight for ISIS to those enslaved by it, their lives are a daily struggle. They hate themselves, and they are often hated by the communities they were stolen from, victims twice-over. Yet the U.S. moves on, because the threat is no longer apparently aimed at Americans. But in the hearts of those rejected is the same pain and rejection that gave rise to ISIS the first time and could revive the deadly group again.
May 28, 2019 | CNN
Yazidi Boys Forced To Be Child Soldiers for ISIS
Kimberly Dozier appeared on CNN to discuss her reporting on Yazidi boys forced to fight for ISIS.
May 23, 2019 | TIME
They Were Children When They Were Kidnapped by ISIS and Forced to Fight. What Happens Now That They're Home?
What will become of the thousands of youngsters press-ganged into ISIS’s forces in northern Iraq? The terrorists separated Yezidi children from their families, sometimes killing their parents in front of them.
March 24, 2019 | The Daily Beast
The Caliphate Is Crushed, But ISIS Infants—Innocent, Abandoned and Despised—Live On
Iraq's Yazidi minority has forgiven its women for being enslaved and raped by fighters from the defunct Islamic State, but it hasn't forgiven their children for being born.
February 14, 2019 | The Daily Beast
In Much of Iraq, ISIS Still Rules the Night
ISIS fighters come back after dark. In many towns in Iraq, government control is surface-deep, and ISIS remains the power to be challenged, or joined.