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Sat, 28 Jun 2014 13:25 PM

A banner of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is seen on the top of Hotel Nineveh in the city of Mosul, June 27, 2014. Iraqi party leaders planned delicate talks that could end Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's divisive rule after a top Shi'ite cleric called for a new premier to be chosen without delay to tackle Islamist rebels threatening to tear apart the country. Major powers are pushing for a new inclusive government, rather than one pursuing Shi'ite sectarian domination, to be formed fast to counter the insurrection that has spilled across the border with Syria and could menace the wider Middle East. Since early June, ISIL militants have overrun most majority Sunni Muslim areas in the north and west of Iraq, capturing the biggest northern city Mosul and late dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. The sign reads "Welcome to the State of Nineveh". Picture taken June 27, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)

Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:53 PM

Residents shop ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at a market in the city of Mosul, June 28, 2014. Iraqi party leaders planned delicate talks that could end Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's divisive rule after a top Shi'ite cleric called for a new premier to be chosen without delay to tackle Islamist rebels threatening to tear apart the country. Major powers are pushing for a new inclusive government, rather than one pursuing Shi'ite sectarian domination, to be formed fast to counter the insurrection that has spilled across the border with Syria and could menace the wider Middle East. Since early June, ISIL militants have overrun most majority Sunni Muslim areas in the north and west of Iraq, capturing the biggest northern city Mosul and late dictator Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)

Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:50 PM

Residents walk on a bridge in the city of Mosul, June 28, 2014. Iraqi party leaders planned delicate talks that could end Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's divisive rule after a top Shi'ite cleric called for a new premier to be chosen without delay to tackle Islamist rebels threatening to tear apart the country. Major powers are pushing for a new inclusive government, rather than one pursuing Shi'ite sectarian domination, to be formed fast to counter the insurrection that has spilled across the border with Syria and could menace the wider Middle East. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS SOCIETY)

Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:15 PM

Smoke and flames are seen as men run from a site damaged from what activists claim was a car explosion in a market in Douma in the eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus June 28, 2014. Dozens of people were wounded when a car bomb exploded in the Syrian town of Douma, northeast of the capital Damascus, on Saturday, local activists and a monitoring group said. REUTERS/Mohammed Abdullah (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Sat, 28 Jun 2014 16:03 PM

Top Shi'ite cleric calls for a new premier to tackle Islamist rebels threatening to tear apart the country