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Tikrit

Militant Islamist fighters hold the flag of Islamic State (IS) while taking part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province in this June 30, 2014 file photo.

In Iraq, the battle against ISIS rages — in Syria there is little resistance

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In the Syrian city of Raqqa, residents have come to accept life under ISIS. In Iraq, the battle is raging to wrest Tikrit from ISIS control.

Shiite fighters fire a rocket during clashes with ISIS militants in Iraq's Salahuddin province on March 1, 2015. Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and Shiite militiamen sought to seal off ISIS in Tikrit and nearby towns.

The US is sitting out Iraq’s big battle in Tikrit — but Iran isn’t

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A Kurdish resident holds a signs during a demonstration in support of peshmerga troops in front of the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq.

War, politics and humanitarian disasters give Iraq a perfect storm of crises

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A Kurdish resident holds a signs during a demonstration in support of peshmerga troops in front of the US consulate in Erbil, Iraq.

War, politics and humanitarian disasters give Iraq a perfect storm of crises

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Shiite shrine

On the 4th of July, one Iraq scholar reflects on a country still struggling to find peace

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Nabih Bulos

Your questions answered: What is going on in Iraq?

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The situation in Iraq is complex, with sects and factions battling for territory and control. It can be hard to follow, and we’ve gotten a lot of questions from listeners about the reality on the ground. So we invited Los Angeles Times correspondent Nabih Bulos to take your questions in a live Q&A on our Facebook page.The situation in Iraq is complex, with sects and factions battling for territory and control. It can be hard to follow, and we’ve gotten a lot of questions from listeners about the reality on the ground. So we invited Los Angeles Times correspondent Nabih Bulos to take your questions in a live Q&A on our Facebook page.

A still shot from one of the videos posted by ISIS purporting to show the killing of captured Iraq government personnel.

Human rights advocates try to uncover a possible massacre in Iraq

Conflict & Justice

The world has been shocked by pictures and videos released on Sunday by Islamic rebels in Iraq. The images show a massacre. The rebels claim they shot dead 1700 prisoners. But are the images real? The world has been shocked by pictures and videos released on Sunday by Islamic rebels in Iraq. The images show a massacre. The rebels claim they shot dead 1700 prisoners. But are the images real?

Families fleeing violence in northern wait at a checkpoint on the edge of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. Half-a-million people are believed to have fled the city of Mosul in 24 hours.

Why Iraq may be headed for an all-out sectarian war

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Half-a-million Iraqis are believed to be on the road as Sunni extremists seize city after city in the north. The Iraqi army in the north appears to have collapsed in just 24 hours.

Saddam Hussein Iran-Iraq war 1980s.

History of Iraq part II: the rise of Saddam Hussein

Global Politics

Saddam Hussein became president of Iraq in 1979. His rule was ruthless, his politics totalitarian, and his relations with neighboring countries notorious. Jeb Sharp chronicles Saddam Hussein’s rise to power and the brutal tactics and clan politics he employed to stay there until his fall in April 2003.

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Suicide bombing kills 50 in Tikrit, Iraq

The New York Times’ John Leland is in Baghdad with the latest on the bloody attack and what this means as the U.S. prepares to withdraw from the country.