In northeast Iraq, flashes of resistance against Islamic State militants
A combination of Iraqi Army units and Kurdish and Shiite paramilitaries has flushed Sunni militants from much of Diyala Province. But tribal leaders run a lethal risk for defying militants and joining the resistance./ Upon a small card table set in the mud, on ground once controlled by the Islamic State, an Iraqi Army colonel unrolls his well-worn map of central and eastern Iraq./ Methodically he points out how the Army has worked in concert in recent months with Kurdish units and Shiite militias to flush IS out of most of Diyala Province, ...
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