Iraq: ISIL attacks return amid uncertain security situation

As ISIL fighters take advantage of an uncertain situation in northern Iraq, we meet the villagers left alone to defend themselves.

Reports are growing of attacks by ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northern Iraq as the group takes advantage of an uncertain security situation.

In January, Iraq’s Parliament called for foreign troops to be expelled after Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was killed in a US air raid.

Al Jazeera’s Simona Foltyn met villagers in northern Iraq who have been left alone to defend themselves.

By Simona Foltyn