Iraqi Authorities Finally Allow Group of Families to Return Home to Anbar

Expand Residents of Shahama camp speak with relatives through the camp fence. © 2017 Sami Hilali Four years after being forced to flee their battle-scarred town, the families of al-Baghdadi are finally home. Authorities have allowed a group of families back into al-Baghdadi, a town in Anbar governorate 180 kilometers northwest of Baghdad, according to a sheikh representing the families. The families fled the town in August 2014 after anti-ISIS forces began fighting ISIS fighters in the town wit...