WASHINGTON — Iran’s growing influence in Iraq is setting off alarm bells, and nowhere is the problem starker than in the high-stakes battle for Tikrit. It marks a crucial fight in the bigger war to expel the Islamic State group from Iraq, and yet Iran and the Shiite militias it empowers — not the U.S.
U.s. Concerned By Iran’s Growing Role In Fight Against Isis
Naina Bajekal, Time: World
Fri, 03/06/2015 - 4:32am
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