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A worker walks on top of an oil tank at Turkey’s Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, some 43.5 miles (70 kilometers) from Adana, on February 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Umit Bektas)
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In this Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 photo, Gunmen hold their weapons in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Islamic militants controlling a mainly Sunni area west of Baghdad are so well-armed that they could occupy the capital, a top Iraqi official warned Monday, a frank and bleak assessment of the challenge posed in routing the insurgents as a new wave of bombings killed at least 31 people. Since late December, members of Iraq’s al-Qaida branch – known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – have taken over parts of Ramadi, the capital of the largely Sunni western province of Anbar. (AP Photo)
Iraq: Anbar council forms crisis unit to attempt peaceful resolution
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Anbar Provincial Council has formed a crisis unit ahead of a possible military raid on Fallujah in the hopes of resolving the conflict in the city peacefully. Council head Sabah Karhout issued a statement Tuesday, saying: “Anbar has formed...Caption:
Iraqi Vice-President Khodhair al-Khozaei addresses the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva February 25, 2013. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)