Susannah George

ISIS Making Strong Gains In Anbar, Baghdad May Be Next

“From the first day that ISIS was appearing we were warning the government. We said all of Iraq is in danger and if Anbar falls, the rest of the country will follow.”

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — From an over-stuffed, gold-rimmed sofa at his home in Baghdad’s wealthy Mansour neighborhood, sheikh Hamid al-Hayes has watched his home province of Anbar unravel. A veteran of the fight against Al Qaeda in Iraq during the US-led occupation, he was not surprised by the recent string of Iraqi government defeats in the province to

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The Guys Who Hold The Key To Stability In Baghdad

Iraq’s Shia militias say they’ll facilitate the transition of power from former Prime Minister Maliki to his successor. But smooth sailing is not guaranteed.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — As Iraq appears set for the country’s first peaceful transition of power in over 10 years, a wildcard remains: the powerful Shia militias policing the capital's streets and fighting on the front lines, holding back Sunni militants with their sights set on Baghdad. After eight years of increasingly divisive and sectarian rule,

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The Wider Struggle For Iraq Is Playing 0ut In Baghdad’s Neighborhoods

‘Frankly if your mother and father hadn’t been with you, I would have killed you,’ a Shia militia fighter told Ra’id a few weeks ago.

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Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Talk to any young man in Baghdad's mostly Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiya and you'll hear the same story: as tensions have risen over the past month, their friends have fled. "They've all left!" laughs Ra'id, a recently married 28-year-old man from Adhamiya. Sitting in a bright cafe during the busy nighttime hours of Islam's holy

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