Shiite militias helping Iraq repel extremists' advance
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called for Iranian-allied Shiite militiamen to help drive Islamic State extremists from Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's vast Sunni-dominated Anbar province./ Sunday's fall of the city 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad was the biggest blow in the fight against the group since it overran much of the north and west of Iraq last summer. There are a number of different Shiite militias active in Iraq, and they make up the bulk of the so-called Popular Mobilization Units called up to resist the IS ...
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