BBC/PBS might be the only news outlets to cover this in two weeks, everyone else will be doing pieces on Valentines Day.
I think it matters a lot more how their neighboring countries act, not how frequently people in New York or Oklahoma think about them.
It would be nice if their neighboring countries helped them directly, but that doesn't seem to happen in the middle-east?
However if the news stops reporting, just like all the multi-national conglomerates have obediently pulled the plug on their cellphones and sms so they can make money after this is over, the people are kinda doomed as there will be no outside pressure.
I cannot remember the last time I heard Iraq mentioned on the mainstream news since we still have 50k troops there, there is zero followup.