AdvertisementIn A Back-And-Forth Battle, An Iraqi Town Splits On Ethnic LinesNovember 16, 2014Leila FadelfacebookEmailIraqi Kurdish soldiers, or peshmerga, patrol an area in the recently recaptured town of Zumar, near Mosul in northern Iraq on Oct. 29. When the Islamic State captured the town in August, the Kurds fled. Now that the Kurds are in control, the Arabs are all gone. (EPA /LANDOV)