ISIS May Be Gone, But Life Has Yet To Return To Normal In Northern Iraq : Parallels : NPR

ISIS May Be Gone, But Life Has Yet To Return To Normal In Northern Iraq : Parallels : NPR: 

Over the summer, the world focused on Mount Sinjar, a remote mountain in northern Iraq where thousands of people were under assault by the group that calls itself the Islamic State, or ISIS.

Many starving, terrified people were evacuated from that mountain.
The surrounding area fell to ISIS, including Snuny.

We arrive at the mayor's office, where about a half-dozen men in fatigues with guns greet us and escort us in.