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A boy displays a white flag as he passes through a checkpoint manned by Sunni fighters who have joined Shi’ite militia groups known collectively as Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization), allied with Iraqi forces against the Islamic State, in al-Alam Salahuddin province March 15, 2015. (Reuters)

Iraqi militia loyal to radical cleric joins Tikrit offensive

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 15, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Dozens of fighters with the militia loyal to radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr left Iraq’s capital on Sunday to take part in an offensive to capture Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group. Men from Iraq’s Peace...

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A member of the Shi’ite militia known as Hashed Shaabi walks in the town of Al-Alam after it was captured from ISIS militants on March 10, 2015. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Iraqi offensive on Tikrit on hold for second day

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 14, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi forces and mainly Shi’ite militia battling to wrest full control of the city of Tikrit from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants paused their offensive for a second day on Saturday as they awaited reinforcements. A source in...

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An Iraqi security forces member stands looking at smoke billowing from the Ajeel oil field located 35km (22 miles) northeast of Tikrit on March 11, 2015. (AFP/William G. Dunlop)

Iraqi offensive to dislodge ISIS from Tikrit appears to stall

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—The offensive to retake Tikrit appeared to stall on Friday, two days after Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi’ite militia pushed into Saddam Hussein’s home city in their biggest offensive yet against the militants. A source in the Salah...

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Head of the Iraqi Shi’ite militia the Badr Organization Hadi Al-Ameri (R) meets with military commanders near Samarra in northern Iraq, on March 4, 2015. (EPA/Ali Mohammed)

ISIS would occupy all Iraq without Iranian advisers: militia leader

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Mar 13, 2015 | Middle East

Salah Al-Din, Iraq, Asharq Al-Awsat—Without Iran’s military support, Iraq would fall completely into the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), one of Iraq’s most influential militia leaders said on Thursday, a day after Iraqi forces made...

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Kurdish Peshmerga forces inspect a destroyed building belonging to Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants on the outskirts of Tel Alwad, west of the city of Kirkuk, on March 9, 2015. (Reuters/Ako Rasheed)

Kurdish forces attack ISIS west of Kirkuk

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 9, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil, Reuters—Kurdish forces drove Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants back from the oil-rich city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Monday, in an advance backed by heavy airstrikes from the US-led coalition fighting the extremist group. Speaking to a local...