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May 31 Middle East news summary at 2400 GMT
TEHRAN -- The Iranian legislators picked Ali Larijani as the speaker of new Majlis (parliament) on Tuesday.
Out of 276 votes,...
IS militants in Salahuddin province of Iraq raided by US forces
The pre-dawn operation involved a number of U.S. helicopters dropping troops by a building in a village in Tikrit, where forces then captured several...
IS miltants take control of key spots in Iraq’s Salahudin
The attacks occurred in the afternoon when groups of IS militants attacked the areas in west of Baiji, some 200 km north of the...
IS planned attack on Tikrit thwarted by security forces of Iraq
Iraqi security forces foiled an attack Sunday by Islamic State (IS) militants against the city of Tikrit, killing five IS militants, a provincial security...
Iraqi forces bring Tikrit looting and arson to a stop
Iraqi security forces on Saturday stopped a wave of looting and burning of public facilities, houses and shops by groups of Shiite militias in...
