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Why Yemen Is Like Scotland — and Could Be a Choke Point for a Lot of the World's Oil
It's too early to describe the fighting in Yemen as a new theater in a broader Arab-Iranian war, but Yemen has a long history of being fractious and unpredictable.
Iraqi Authorities Reveal 'Ingenious' Tactics Used By Islamic State Group in Baghdad Car Bombings
Announcing 31 arrests, Iraqi officials described how a group hid explosives in Quran boxes and displayed bottles of liquor in their vehicles to throw off investigators.
Saddam Hussein's Tomb Razed as Tikrit Offensive Slows
The Iraqi government said that the assault had been paused to allow civilians to flee and to minimize damage and casualties. It reported that remaining Islamic State fighters are now surrounded.
Firing Mortars on the Islamic State (Excerpt from ‘Shia Militias vs. the Islamic State’)
In this excerpt, VICE News travels to the front lines near Samarra, to embed with an Iraqi Shia militia on the hunt for fighters from the Islamic State.
Iraqi Forces Advance in the Battle for Tikrit, With a Little Help from Iran
A mixed force of troops, security forces and allied militias are making gains, but fears have been raised over the potential for sectarian retaliations.
Iraqi Forces Launch Massive Assault to Retake Tikrit from the Islamic State
A reported 30,000 Iraqi government troops and allied militias, backed by airstikes, attacked the city early on Monday in an attempt to retake it from Islamic State militants.
Surviving an Islamic State Massacre (Extra Scene from ‘Shia Militias Vs. The Islamic State')
In this extra scene, VICE News meets a survivor of the Camp Speicher massacre, a former Iraqi soldier, who describes in detail how he managed to escape.
Islamic State Loyalists Have Reportedly Kidnapped 30 Hazara Shias in Afghanistan
Several high-ranking members of the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban recently switched ranks and pledged allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Is Lebanon's Hezbollah Sending Fighters to the Iraqi Frontlines?
Hassan Nasrallah has confirmed the Shia group has a "presence" in the battle against the Islamic State in Iraq. But with Hezbollah heavily committed in Syria, the nature of that involvement is unclear.
The Battle for Iraq: Shia Militias vs. the Islamic State
VICE News traveled to Iraq in December to witness firsthand how Shia militias are taking the fight to the Islamic State, and to document the fallout of their controversial rise to power.
Islamic State Burning Jordanian Pilot to Death Has No Basis in Islamic Law, Say Experts
Islamic clerics and legal scholars are condemning the Islamic State on jurisprudence grounds for the gruesome immolation video of Jordanian pilot, Moaz al Kasesbeh.
The Battle for Iraq: Shia Militias vs. the Islamic State (Trailer)
VICE News traveled to Iraq in December to witness firsthand how Shia militias are taking the fight to the Islamic State, and to document the fallout of their controversial rise to power.