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A picture made available 05 March 2015 shows members of the Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah taking part in a training course at a military base in Jallam town, near Samara city, northern Iraq, 04 March 2015. (EPA/Baraa Kanaan)
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Smoke plumes are visible over buildings in the Iraqi town of Hit, in western Anbar province, 85 miles (140 km) west of Baghdad.
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Iraq: ISIS advances in Anbar, stalls in Salah Al-Din
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite suffering setbacks elsewhere in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to advance in the country’s western Anbar province. ISIS seized an Iraqi military camp in Hit on Monday, around 90 miles (150 kilometers) from...Caption:
A destroyed car is moved from the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad’s Allawi neighborhood, in Iraq, on Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Insurgents look towards Baghdad as Douri praises ISIS
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi forces repelled an attempt by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to capture a town on the road to Baghdad on Sunday, as a senior former Ba’athist admitted for the first time that he had allied with the organization. Sources said...Caption:
A man looks at a damaged vehicle a day after a car bomb attack in Baghdad, October 3, 2013. Nine civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded in two separate bomb blasts late on Wednesday, police sources said. (REUTERS/Ahmed Malik)