SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK

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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 15, 2014 file photo, Shiite lawmaker and Deputy Parliament Speaker Haider al-Ibadi speaks to the media after an Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad. On Monday, Aug. 11, 2014, Iraq's largest coalition of Shiite political parties chose al-Ibadi to be its candidate to lead the government in a major defeat for incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki just hours after he declared himself the rightful candidate and put troops on the street. Critics say the Shiite al-Maliki contributed to the crisis by monopolizing power and pursuing a sectarian agenda that alienated the country's Sunni and Kurdish minorities. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq’s PM-designate faces challenges ahead

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · August 12, 2014 6:08 pm

Iraq militants walk fine line in seized areas

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · June 18, 2014 8:30 am

Shiite cleric urges Iraqis to defend country

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · June 13, 2014 8:20 pm

Sunni militants vow to march on Iraqi capital

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · June 13, 2014 1:28 am

Militias of the al-Qaida breakaway group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) deploy in an area in Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. Al-Qaida-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and security forces abandoned their posts following clashes with the insurgents. (AP Photo)

Islamic gunmen push into Iraq’s Sunni heartland

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · June 12, 2014 4:55 am

Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Irbil, Iraq, 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Islamic militants overran parts of Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul on Tuesday, driving security forces from their posts and seizing the provincial government headquarters, security bases and other key buildings. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki pressed parliament to declare a state of emergency. (AP Photo)

Militants overrun most of major Iraqi city

SAMEER N. YACOUBADAM SCHRECK · June 10, 2014 8:17 pm

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