A member of militias known as Hashid Shaabi walk with his weapon in the town of al-Alam March 10, 2015. Iraqi troops and militias drove Islamic State insurgents out of the town of al-Alam on Tuesday, clearing a final hurdle before a planned assault on Saddam Hussein’s home city of Tikrit in their biggest offensive yet against the ultra-radical group. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)