Iraqi Shiite men take part in a training session at a police station on Thursday in the Iraqi town of Shaalan, 30 kilometers south of the Shrine city of Najaf, as they volunteered to help combat a sweeping Sunni militant offensive. AFP PHOTO
Iraqi Shiite men take part in a training session at a police station on Thursday in the Iraqi town of Shaalan, 30 kilometers south of the Shrine city of Najaf, as they volunteered to help combat a sweeping Sunni militant offensive. AFP PHOTO

UNITED NATIONS: The once-relentless advance of a fearsome Sunni-based insurgent group that took over major cities in Iraq on its way to the capital has “stalled,” according a United Nations envoy who briefed journalists on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

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