[ARA] On Friday, the commander of the Qods Force of Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Sadiq Yari, was killed during battles against the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group (IS/ISIS) in Tikrit, a major city in Salahuddin province in Iraq.
Gen. Sadiq Yari, a close commander to the leader in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Qassem Soleimani, was killed in a suicide kaboom in the city of Tikrit, when the Iraqi government forces backed by the Shiite militia of the Popular Mobilization Forces were locked in fierce battles with IS forces of Evil who are in control of the city.
Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system...
the pro-IS news agency of al-Amaq said Friday that the Islamic State's fighters carried out a "martyrdom operation" against several strongholds of the Iraqi government forces and allied militias where they were advancing toward al-Dayyoum in the western part of Tikrit.
The fighting on the western front of Tikrit continued from Friday's early hours of the morning until the evening, without any apparent advancement by government forces.
The Islamic State has been in control of most of Salahuddin province's areas since June 2014, including the city of Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.