Tanks belonging to the Iraqi security forces take part in an intensive security deployment on the outskirts of the city of Samarra, June 25, 2014. Iraqi troops were trying to advance on Tikrit from the direction of Samarra to the south that has become the military’s line in the sand against a militant advance by the radical Sunni Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group southwards towards Baghdad. Picture taken June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)