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Iraqi security forces members enter a compound during clashes with al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, February 16, 2014. Sunni militancy has been on the rise over the past year, especially in the western province of Anbar, where the army is besieging the city of Falluja, overrun by insurgents on Jan. 1. Picture taken February 16, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)

Iraq: Army advances as Al-Qaeda militants open new fronts

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 22, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Violence in the disputed Iraqi governorate of Anbar picked up again on Friday as Iraqi forces continued to advance into Al-Qaeda-held areas. Violent clashes between Iraqi troops and militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...

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People walk past the site of bomb attacks in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (100 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, November 24, 2013. A car bomb and a suicide bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 54 in northern Iraq on Saturday, police and medical sources said, in the latest of a wave of attacks in crowded public places. The bombings took place in Tuz Khurmato, a region which both the central government and autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan claim as theirs. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: CIVIL UNREST)

Proposed Iraqi army base in Kurdistan creates tension

by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 21, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Dijla Operations Command, a special force launched in June by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to protect the oil-rich Kirkuk region, plans to establish its headquarters in the municipality of Tuz Khormato, 55 miles (90 kilometers)...