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Tag: Anbar Province

  • Thursday, January 9th 2014 - 18:45 UTC

    Violence threatens to thwart Iraqi oil resurgence

    PM Nouri al-Maliki seems unable to hold the country together while the Al-Qaeda challenge expands

    By Nicholas Cunningham - A wave of violence has swept parts of Iraq at the start of 2014 as the central government fights back against Al-Qaeda aligned militants in Anbar Province. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) reportedly took control of Ramadi and Fallujah, bombing police headquarters and killing dozens.