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  Anti-Houthi Forces in Yemen Seize Saudi Border Crossing

  Army forces loyal to Yemen's exiled president seized a border crossing with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, officials in the area and witnesses said, dealing a rare blow to the country's dominant Houthi group.

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  Islamic State Attacks Iraq Provincial Capital: Officials

  Islamic State fighters attacked a government complex in the heart of Ramadi today, local officials said, part of an apparently coordinated assault to seize full control of the provincial capital west of Baghdad.

• Sunni Insurgents Seize Small Towns in Iraq's North

  Militants with the Islamic State extremist group on Sunday seized two small towns in northern Iraq after driving out Kurdish security forces, further expanding the territories under their control, officials and residents said.

• Iraqi Foreign Minister Blames Nuri Al-Maliki for Islamist Insurgency

  Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his security officials are to blame for the rise of Sunni Muslim insurgents who have seized parts of Iraq, the country's foreign minister said.

• Gunmen in Army Uniforms Seize, Later Release Sunni Official in Baghdad

  Gunmen wearing army uniforms who seized a senior local official and prominent member of a Sunni Islamist party from his Baghdad home on Friday night have released him, an official said late on Saturday.

• Baghdad Official Taken by Gunmen: Iraqi Police

  Gunmen traveling in 10 black SUVs seized a senior Sunni politician who had previously been jailed on terrorism charges from his home in Baghdad on Saturday, police officers said.

• Jordan Tightens Iraq Border Defences as Frontier Post Falls

  Jordan beefed up its border defences with Iraq on Sunday after Sunni gunmen seized territory close to its border in Anbar province and appeared to have also taken control of the only land crossing with its large eastern neighbour, officials and witnesses said.

• Iraqi Militants Seize Border Crossings with Jordan and Syria

  Iraqi military officials say Sunni militants have captured two border crossings, one with Jordan and another with Syria, as they press on with their offensive in one of Iraq's most restive regions.

• Iraq Insurgents Capture Fourth Town in Anbar

  Iraqi officials say Sunni militants have seized another town in Iraq's western Anbar province, the fourth to fall in their hands since Friday.

• Militants Seize Iraq Border Post, Kill 30 Troops

  Sunni militants have seized an Iraqi crossing on the border with Syria after a daylong battle in which they killed some 30 Iraqi troops, security officials said on Saturday.

• Iraqi Militants Seize Former Chemical Weapons Factory

  Sunni radicals in Iraq, who have overrun a swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive, have taken control of one of Saddam Hussein's former chemical weapons factories, a US official said Thursday.