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Minorities in north Iraq look to post-extremist future

A Christmas tree stands on a roundabout in Bartalla in northern Iraq, its base adorned by posters of Shabak martyrs killed in the fight against Daesh. Now that victory has been declared against the extremists, Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities are taking the future into their own hands.

AFP reports:

A Christmas tree stands on a roundabout in Bartalla in northern Iraq, its base adorned by posters of Shabak martyrs killed in the fight against Daesh.

Now that victory has been declared against the extremists, Iraq’s ethnic and religious minorities are taking the future into their own hands.