Sunni Militant Insurgency

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  Islamic State Fighters Attack Troops in Iraq's Anbar Province

  Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi security forces on Friday near the two main cities of the western province of Anbar, where authorities plan a counter-offensive against the hardline Sunni insurgents, tribal sources said.

• 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.

• 2 Businessmen Incited Men Suspected to Have Joined ISIS in Iraq: Sources

  As they search for four people believed to have joined the Sunni militant group ISIS in Iraq, the police in Maharashtra suspect more young men could have taken that route.

• Iraq's Sunni Clerics Suffer Under Insurgent Rule

  Early this year Sunni Arab worshippers in the Iraqi city of Fallujah were surprised to see an armed man in sunglasses instead of the regular sheikh ascend the mosque pulpit.

• Kerala Nurses in Iraq Given Food, Taking Rest: Oommen Chandy

  The 46 nurses from Kerala who were shifted from Iraq's Tikrit city to Mosul by Sunni insurgents have been put up in a building and have been given food, said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday.

• Jihadists Declare 'Caliphate', Claim World Leadership

  Ruthless jihadists spearheading a Sunni militant offensive in Iraq have declared an "Islamic caliphate" and ordered Muslims worldwide to pledge allegiance to their chief, in a spectacular bid to extend their authority.

• Iraqi Army Presses Tikrit Assault as Lawmakers Scramble to Fill Posts

  Iraq's army sent tanks and armoured vehicles to try to dislodge insurgents from the northern city of Tikrit on Sunday, the second day of a pushback against a Sunni militant takeover of large stretches of Iraq.

• Iraq Forces Look to Claw Back City From Insurgents

  Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of two major cities seized by Sunni militants during a rapid advance across the north earlier this month.

• Iraq PM Pushes Political Solution to Militant Offensive

  Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki conceded on Thursday that political measures were needed alongside military action to repel a Sunni insurgent offensive that has overrun swathes of Iraq and threatens to tear it apart.

• Indian Muslim Group Invites Volunteers to Defend Iraq's Shrines

  Muslims in India are signing up to defend Iraq's holy shrines and, if need be, fight Sunni Islamist militants in the country where the civilian death toll from the Sunni insurgents' advance is estimated at least 1,300.

• Iraq Hopes for 'True Intervention' by US: Officer

  Baghdad wants a "true intervention" by the United States, which fought a bloody almost nine-year war in Iraq, to help combat a sweeping militant offensive, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

• John Kerry Urges Kurds to Save Iraq from Collapse

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on Tuesday to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country.

• At Least 1,075 Killed in Iraq in June: United Nations

  At least 1,075 people, the vast majority of them civilians, have been killed in Iraq during June as a Sunni insurgency overtakes key areas of the country, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

• Bombs Kills Five Iraqi Kurdish Fighters

  Two roadside bombs struck a patrol in Iraq's northern province of Nineveh on Monday, killing five Kurdish security forces members, a spokesman said.

• 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.