Iraq Sunni Militant Group Vows to March on Baghdad

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2. Iraq crisis: UN 'deplores' militants' capture of cities

The UN Security Council has condemned attacks by Islamist militants in two major Iraqi cities, Mosul and Tikrit.

It said the humanitarian situation around Mosul, where up to 500,000 people have fled, was "dire and is worsening by the moment".

Government forces have stalled the militants' advance near Samarra, a city just 110km (68 miles) north of Baghdad.

The US says it is considering further assistance to Iraq in fighting the militants, without giving details.

The insurgents, from an al-Qaeda offshoot called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), and other Sunni Muslim militants have been consolidating positions in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown, which they took on Wednesday, after capturing Mosul, Iraq's second city.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-27806094