Iran seeks alternative to Maliki to hold Iraq together-sources
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Turkey builds camp for Turkmen refugees in northern Iraq
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Islamist militants free Lebanese policemen to solicit truce talks
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Maliki fights for political life as Sunni insurgency rages
The Islamic State has declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria it controls and threatened to march on the capital Baghdad
Air strikes in east of Syrian capital kill 64 -monitoring group
SYRIA-CRISIS/BOMBARDMENT:Air strikes in east of Syrian capital kill 64 -monitoring group
Lebanese army soldiers on armoured carriers and military vehilces advance towards Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley as part of reinforcements
Lebanese army soldiers on armoured carriers and military vehilces advance towards the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley as part of reinforcements August 5, 2014. Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in fighting with Islamist militants overnight in the town of Arsal on the border with Syria and an eight-year-old girl was shot dead in clashes in a northern city, security sources said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Residents flee fighting between Lebanese army soldiers and Islamist militants in Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley
Residents flee the fighting between Lebanese army soldiers and Islamist militants in the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley August 5, 2014. Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in fighting with Islamist militants overnight in the town of Arsal on the border with Syria and an eight-year-old girl was shot dead in clashes in a northern city, security sources said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Lebanese army soldiers escort ambulances believed to be carrying casualties as they return from Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley
Lebanese army soldiers escort ambulances believed to be carrying casualties as they return from the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley August 5, 2014. Two soldiers were killed in fighting overnight in the town of Arsal and militants wounded at least seven others in the coastal city of Tripoli on Tuesday as violence persists for a fourth day near Lebanon's northern borders with Syria. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)
Ambulances believed to be carrying casualties are escorted by Lebanese army soldiers as they return from the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley
Ambulances believed to be carrying casualties are escorted by Lebanese army soldiers as they return from the Sunni Muslim border town of Arsal, in eastern Bekaa Valley August 5, 2014. Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in fighting with Islamist militants overnight in the town of Arsal on the border with Syria and an eight-year-old girl was shot dead in clashes in a northern city, security sources said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Hassan Abdallah (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)