ISIS flags. Photo: Screenshot.

After he fled from this tiny northern Iraqi hamlet four months ago, Hayder Khalef got panicked phone calls from his relatives who had remained behind. They were at that moment being led by Islamic State group gunmen toward a checkpoint on the edge of town.

“If you don’t hear from us, you’ll find our bodies near the checkpoint,” Khalef said they told him in the calls.

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