Simona Foltyn

Simona Foltyn is a journalist based in Dubai. Her work focuses on armed conflict, social justice, and corruption in East Africa and the Middle East. Follow her @SimonaFoltyn.

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Iraqi soldiers stand guard near the Iraqi city of Qaim at the Iraqi-Syrian border on November 11, 2018. - Iraqi troops reinforced their positions along the porous frontier with neighbouring war-torn Syria, fearing a spillover from clashes there between Islamic State group and US-backed forces. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

ISIS Fighters in Syria Are Trying to Push Into Iraq, Where U.S. Forces Can’t Get Along With Armed Groups Supported by Iran

Simona Foltyn

- Jan. 18, 2019

In Al Qaim, Iraq’s U.S.-backed security forces and the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces are increasingly distrustful of each other.

ISIS Has Not Vanished. It Is Fighting a Guerrilla War Against the Iraqi State.

Simona Foltyn

- Sep. 16, 2018

Iraqi security forces lack the training, local knowledge, and community trust to defeat the militants.

Iraq’s Courts Have Rushed to Convict Thousands of ISIS Fighters. This is One Family's Struggle for Fairness, Truth, and Reconciliation.

Simona Foltyn

- Jun. 17, 2018

Rather than mending intercommunal rifts to pave the way for reconciliation, the ISIS trials risk further polarizing Iraq’s fractured society.

Simona Foltyn

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ISIS Fighters in Syria Are Trying to Push Into Iraq, Where U.S. Forces Can’t Get Along With Armed Groups Supported by Iran

ISIS Has Not Vanished. It Is Fighting a Guerrilla War Against the Iraqi State.

Iraq’s Courts Have Rushed to Convict Thousands of ISIS Fighters. This is One Family's Struggle for Fairness, Truth, and Reconciliation.