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Indeed, last spring Iranian-backed Shia militias led the charge against the IS stronghold of Tikrit, backed by US airstrikes, scoring one of the only major territorial victories against IS.

Seven Iraqi battalions backed by US forces launched the offensive late yesterday.

The petition has also been backed by US actor Lindsey Shaw.

The FCC's zero tolerance approach towards indecency on the airwaves is being backed by US politicians.

NGOs have also entered the fray, notably the Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity, an initiative backed by US unions.

Backed by US and Saudi money, Pakistan created a vast infrastructure of radical religious schools and training camps.

All battles were strongly backed by US-led airstrikes.

Kurdish peshmerga forces backed by US-led air strikes pushed Islamic State militants out of a large area around Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq, according to Kurdish officials.

Iraq's Shia-led government, backed by US-led air strikes, has been trying to push back Islamic State militants since they swept through northern Iraq in June.

Iraqi forces, backed by US-led coalition airstrikes, retook Ramadi in December after a battle that led the population to flee and left the city in ruins.

YPG fighters, backed by US-led airstrikes and other rebels, on Tuesday consolidated gains made last week, when they seized the key town of Tal Abyad from isis on the Syria-Turkey border.