JALAWLA, Iraq ¨C Yousif Ibrahim no longer travels by night along the roads around his hometown of Jalawla in northeastern Iraq. He fears getting caught up in attacks by the Islamic State group.
¡°The police and army don¡¯t come into our area much anymore. If they do, they get shot at by militants,¡± said the 25-year-old, who sells fish for a living in a nearby market.
Nearly three years after the group lost its final enclave, Islamic State group (IS) fighters are re-emerging as a deadly threat, aided by the lack of central control in many areas, according to a dozen security officials, local leaders and residents in northern Iraq.
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