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Advancing Iraq rebels seize northwest town in heavy battle

(Reuters) - Sunni insurgents seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north after a lightning offensive that threatens to dismember Iraq. Residents reached by telephone in the city of Tal Afar said it...

Militants post images of mass killing in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — As the Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad's defenses Sunday, the Islamic militant group that captured two major cities last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show its fighters massacring dozens of captured Iraqi soldiers. The pictures on a militant...

Kurdish forces control Iraq-Syria border crossing

Baghdad, June 15 (IANS) Kurdish forces took control of a border crossing point with Syria, as Iraqi security forces fought insurgent groups trying to seize an ethnically mixed city in the country's northern province of Nineveh, military sources said Sunday. The Kurdish forces,...

Hezbollah aids Assad's forces recapture of Kasab

BEIRUT (Reuters): Syrian government forces, assisted by Hezbollah, have retaken the village of Kasab on the border with Turkey and in the coastal heartland of President Bashar Assad's Alawite minority sect, an activist group and state media said. The withdrawal of most rebel...