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Byline: OMAR AL-JAWOSHY and TIM ARANGO BAGHDAD -- When Umm Ahmed returned to her Iraqi hometown, Tikrit, in recent days she found a city devastated by fighting with militants from [...]

Byline: OMAR AL-JAWOSHY and TIM ARANGO BAGHDAD -- When Umm Ahmed returned to Tikrit in recent days, she found an Iraqi city devastated by fighting with militants from the Islamic [...]

Byline: DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and OMAR AL-JAWOSHY BAGHDAD -- After six weeks of American airstrikes, the Iraqi government's forces have scarcely budged the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State from [...]

The article reports that Iraqi forces have engaged Islamic State fighters within the city center of Ramadi, Iraq to seize the western provincial capital. Topics discussed include views of General Sabah al-Numani, on clearing residential areas, heavy fire faced by the Iraqi forces which included soldiers and policeman along with Sunni tribal fighters and benefit of capturing Ramadi include morale lift to the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and cooperation with the Sunnis.

The article discusses the popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin among Shiite Muslims in Iraq following Russian airstrikes against the terrorist group the Islamic State in neighboring Syria. Details on sectional differences between Shiite and Sunni Muslims regarding foreign affairs, including their views on the U.S. and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, are presented

The article discusses the experiences of Sunni Muslim Iraqi civilians fleeing from conflict with the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) Islamic extremist organization in Iraq's Anbar Province, highlighting a lack of options for Sunnis to seek safety. Topics addressed include prevention of entry into Baghdad, Iraq due to concerns that militants could enter along with civilians; obstacles facing humanitarian aid organizations seeking to help refugees in Iraq; and conflict between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Iraq.

Thea article reports on predicament of police officers in Nineveh, Iraq who have been abandoned by the national government, highlighting the impact of the U.S.' decision to pull out its military personnel in Iraq. It states that Sunni policemen are supposed to combat terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS), however the government refuses to provide them with weapons as they might sell them to ISIS. It notes that the policemen have also not received salaries for several months.

The article reports on the fear of the Sunnis for permanent displacement from their town, the Euphrates Valley, of the Jurf al-Sakhar city in Iraq which was captured by the Iraqi government from the terrorist group Islamic State. It states that the Shiite-dominated Iraqi security forces drove out the civilian residents of the town. It mentions that the town is a test for the commitment of the newly formed government to rise above the violent sectarian politics.

The article reports on the plan of the Sunni lawmakers of Iraq to boycott the sessions of the Iraqi Parliament aimed to pressure the government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to control the influence of Shiite militias.

The article reports on the use of a double-pronged strategy by the jihadists to gain the obedience of Sunni tribes in the rapid consolidation of the Islamic State of the Sunni parts of Syria and Iraq in 2014.

The article reports on the struggle of the Iraqi government forces and Sunni tribal fighters against Islamic State militants in Baghdad, Iraq.

The article reports that dozens of Sunni worshippers were killed at a rural mosque in Central Iraq during a militant raid on August 22, 2014.

BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber on Monday detonated a truck packed with explosives outside a police headquarters just north of Samarra, killing 12 officers and wounding 20 others, a local official and a law enforcement official said. The attack demonstrated that the police and security forces remain a target of insurgents despite the significant drop in violence across Iraq in the past year, and highlighted the tenuous security situation in and around Samarra, a predominantly Sunni city 60 miles north of Baghdad that is home to a Shiite shrine. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses U.S. financing of American-trained foreign security forces in areas such as Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. According to U.S. officials, many of these forces are failing in their missions because of poor leadership and a lack of local political support. Topics discussed include American efforts to combat the terrorist group Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, and U.S. relations with the Shiite and Sunni Muslim populations in Iraq.

The article discusses the effectiveness of the political strategy used by the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) Islamic extremist organization to advance its agenda and gain territory in Iraq and Syria. The authors highlight the mix of violence and persuasion used by ISIS to establish their reputation and ideology with citizens in seized areas, and the possible impact of U.S. aerial strikes against ISIS in leading Sunni Muslims to sympathize with ISIS is discussed.

BAGHDAD -- The killers came at night, speaking passable English and wearing uniforms and carrying weapons that resembled those of the American military. By the time they left the village of Hawr Rajab on Friday evening, they had fatally shot or slit the throats of 25 members of an extended family, Iraqi officials said Saturday, in a chilling episode of violence reminiscent of the worst days of the country's sectarian warfare in 2006 and 2007. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

An Iraqi parliamentary committee moved Thursday to bar a Sunni Muslim lawmaker from national elections in March, outraging his supporters and threatening to worsen sectarian tension here. The lawmaker, Saleh al-Mutlaq, a prominent Sunni politician, and his group, the National Dialogue Front, were among those disqualified on the grounds of promoting the banned Baath Party of former President Saddam Hussein. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses hopes that Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi will be able to govern Iraq in an inclusive way that can ameliorate sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the country. Topics addressed include Abadi's political history of supporting the views of Iraq's Shiite Islamist Dawa Party political party, comparisons of Abadi to former Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, and an insurgency by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist organization.

The article discusses Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's agreement to step down and allow Haider al-Abadi to succeed him as prime minister. Topics addressed include sectarian conflict within Iraq between Shiite and Sunni Muslims, pressure from the U.S. and Iran urging Maliki to step down, and a speech delivered by Maliki.

The article discusses Iraqi president Fuad Masum's nomination of Shiite Muslim political leader Haider al-Abadi as prime minister of Iraq, highlighting Iraqi prime minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki's refusal to step down as prime minister. Topics addressed include allegations regarding Maliki's role in fueling sectarian tensions in the country and the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Sunni Muslim extremist organization, as well as U.S. responses to political instability in Iraq.

The article discusses U.S. drone aircraft strikes and F-18 fighter jet strikes against Sunni Muslim militants in Iraq aligned with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Islamic extremist organization. Topics addressed include U.S. efforts to stop ISIS's advance toward the Kurdish capital city of Erbil, Iraq, as well as U.S. president Barack Obama's reasoning for authorizing the strikes.

The article reports that the issue of mistrust has been the major challenge of the Iraqi government under the administration of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi as he attempts to win the support of the Sunni Iraqis to fight against the extremists.

The article reports on the mission of the U.S. Department of Defense to prevent Sunni militants from seizing the Haditha Dam in Haditha, Iraq.