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Iraqi forces and Shi'ite militiamen say they are moving into positions around Tikrit for a push on Islamic State. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
Road leading to the Iraqi capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone is blocked to cars by the country's security forces on July 29, 2022, in anticipation of possible protests by followers of cleric Moqtada Sadr against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister. IMAGES
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Washington is seeing "more" Russian forces moving into the Ukraine border region, despite Moscow's announcement of withdrawals. SOUNDBITE
Iraqi security forces begin voting ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, two years after a wave of anti-government protests swept the war-scarred country, but analysts say the vote is unlikely to deliver major change. IMAGES
Iraqi protesters clash with security forces in Iraq's central city of Karbala as anti-government protests continue across the country. Iraq's embattled premier announced Friday he would resign in keeping with the wishes of the country's top cleric, as renewed violence added to a soaring death toll in two months of anti-government protests. IMAGES