- Pro government forces were arrested to attack a key Iraqi town and oil refinery while John Kerry pushed for unity against a militant onslaught the U.N. says left over 1,000 dead
- Air strikers killed civilians as insurgents led by ISIS and they have seized swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad
- U.S. Secretary of State have requested of American support to Iraq
- Post the initial militant attack Iraq appears to be strong holding off major assaults at the Baiji oil refinery and the western town of Haditha
- Assaults on complexes which supplied 50 per cent of Iraq’s demand for refined petroleum have caused trouble in the world market
- The U.N Reported 1,075 people were killed and 658 wounded in Iraq between June 5 and 22
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/baghdad-retakes-syrian-crossing/article6146523.ece
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