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Iraq Shi’ite Militia Take Lead in Campaign to Reverse Islamic State Gains

(Reuters) โ€“ Iraqโ€™s Shiโ€™ite paramilitaries said on Tuesday they had taken charge of the campaign to drive Islamic State from the western province of Anbar, giving the operation an openly sectarian codename that could infuriate its Sunni Muslim population. The United States described the codename as โ€œunhelpfulโ€ while France, which will host a meeting of […]

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