1,500 displaced Arab civilians find sanctuary in Kurdistan Region

Over the last two days some  1500  men, women and children have fled the Islamic State-controlled areas to the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil. It hasn't proven easy for them to reach the Peshmerga front lines.

The Kurdistan  Region has been hosting  1.7 million IDPs. Kurdish officials expect more people from Mosul and its outskirts will flee ISIS in the near future. Especially when the long anticipated offensive to force ISIS from that city transpires.