Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with ISIL on outskirts of Udaim
Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on the outskirts of the town of Udaim in Diyala province, June 22, 2014. Gunmen seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday, security sources said, a day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed another border crossing further north. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with Sunni militant group ISIL on outskirts of Udaim
Iraqi security forces fire artillery during clashes with Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on the outskirts of the town of Udaim in Diyala province, June 22, 2014. Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Iraqi security forces and volunteers take part in a patrol on outskirts of Udaim
Iraqi security forces and volunteers, who have joined the fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), take part in a patrol on the outskirts of the town of Udaim in Diyala province, June 22, 2014. Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Members of the Iraqi security forces and volunteers shout slogans on the outskirts of Udaim
Members of the Iraqi security forces and volunteers, who have joined the security forces to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), shout slogans on the outskirts of the town of Udaim in Diyala province, June 22, 2014. Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Sunday of trying to retake control of Iraq by exploiting sectarian rivalries, as Sunni insurgents drove toward Baghdad from new strongholds along the Syrian border. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Shiite volunteers, who have joined Iraqi army to fight against predominantly Sunni militants from radical ISIL, participate in military-style training in Najaf
Shiite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), participate in military-style training in Najaf, June 22, 2014. Gunmen seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday, security sources said, a day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed another border crossing further north. Officials at the border post of al-Waleed fled after a relatively small number of militants in two cars fired into the air, a customs police source and an army source said. They did not say who was behind the attack. A government official who spoke on condition of anonymity blamed "terrorists". REUTERS/ Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT)
Shi'ite volunteers who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the ISIL take part in training in Najaf
Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), take part in a military-style training in Najaf, June 22, 2014. Gunmen seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday, security sources said, a day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed another border crossing further north. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Fuel shortages in Iraqi Kurdistan to last at least another week
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Shi'ite volunteers who have joined the Iraqi army to fight the ISIL stand at attention during a training in Najaf
Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), stand at attention during a military-style training in Najaf, June 22, 2014. Gunmen seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday, security sources said, a day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed another border crossing further north. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Shi'ite volunteers who have joined the Iraqi army to fight the ISIL attend military-style training in Najaf
Shi'ite volunteers, who have joined the Iraqi army to fight against the predominantly Sunni militants from the radical Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), stand at attention during a military-style training in Najaf, June 22, 2014. Gunmen seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday, security sources said, a day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed another border crossing further north. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY)
Mourners carry the coffin of an Iraqi soldier killed in clashes during his funeral in Najaf
Mourners carry the coffin of an Iraqi soldier killed in clashes in Anbar province, during his funeral in Najaf, June 22, 2014. Gunmen seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday, security sources said, a day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed another border crossing further north. REUTERS/ Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS OBITUARY)