Armed Shi'ite volunteers from brigades loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, take their positions during a military advance in areas under the control of militants of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), on the outskirts of Samarra, July 12, 2014. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
By Ahmed Rasheed and Maggie Fick
13/07/2014