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Since fighting intensified in December, more than 37,000 people, mostly wives and children of jihadist fighters, have fled

US-backed forces make final push against ISIS in Syria

ISIS

A Syrian national flag flutters next to ISIS slogan at a roundabout where executions were carried out by jihadists in the city of Palmyra. (Reuters)

ISIS intent on resurgence in Syria as US takes back seat

Iraq

Fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces parade in Basra, last September. (AP)

Militias besiege and oppress Iraqis

Bahira al-Sheikhly

Iraq

Friends and relatives of Alaa Mashdhub light candles at his assassination site in Karbala, February 5. (AP)

Iraqi intellectuals alone in the face of assassinations

Iraq

Iraqi writers and intellectuals shout slogans and raise banners showing the portrait of slain novelist Alaa Mashdhub in Baghdad’s central Tahrir square, February 6. (AFP)

Slain Iraqi novelist criticised foreign meddling, militias

Iraq

A screengrab shows Aws al-Khafaji, commander of the Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Brigade. (MEMRI TV)

Shia militia commander detained in Iraq after criticising Iran

ISIS

A fighter from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks past shops with their fronts painted with the Arabic phrases "beware a sniper" and "caliphate state," in the city of Hajin in eastern Syria. (AFP)

ISIS 'caliphate' down to 1% as final assault nears

Iraq

More wrong done than right. US Army Chief of Staff General Ray Odierno speaks at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (AFP)

After 4-year study, US military study concludes Iran was 'only victor' in Iraq war

Iraq

Hadi al-Amiri, leader of the Iran-backed Badr Organisation, speaks into a walkie-talkie in Falluja. (Reuters)

Iran contributing to political gridlock in Iraq