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Members of Iraqi security forces and Shi’ite militia make their way from Samarra to the outskirts of Tikrit, on February 28, 2015.
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People queue to pay their last respects to murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov during a mourning ceremony at the Sakharov center in Moscow, Russia, on March 3, 2015. (EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky)
Mourners pay respects to murdered Kremlin critic Nemtsov
Moscow, Reuters—Several hundred Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic whose murder last week showed the hazards of speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin’s aides...Caption:
This undated file photo shows head of Iran’s Quds Force Qassem Suleimani. (Fars News Agency)
Opinion: The Shadow Commander smiles for the camera
Before a year ago, mystery, intrigue and frustration surrounded the search for any report, photograph, or fact relating to Qassem Suleimani, the leader of Iran’s Quds Force, a division of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. For more than two decades Suleimani’s...Caption:
Volunteers from the Iraqi Shi’ite Badr Army militia take up position near Tikrit, northern Iraq, on February 6, 2015. (EPA/ALI MOHAMMED)
Tehran’s Political and Military Hegemony Over Baghdad
As the world focuses its attention on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), from Syria and Iraq to Libya, the serious dangers posed by Iran-backed Shi’ite militias in Iraq are barely noticed. US President Barack Obama’s clear enthusiasm for the war on...Caption:
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi (L) and US ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller (R) speak to the media following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen, on March 2, 2015. (EPA/Stringer)