As ISIS is pushed out of more and more territory and the Iraqi army trains its sights on the militant group’s last strongholds in the country, other resourceful actors have emerged to assert control in the areas retaken from the militant group.
Read MoreA key characteristic of Iraq’s most recent wave of displacement, mostly internal but including refugees from Syria, is its urban nature. Of the 3.1 million internally displaced people in Iraq recorded since 2014, 78 percenthave flocked mainly into cities or their outlying areas around the country.
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