Fighters attacking Isis in Tikrit say the city will be liberated within three days despite militants laying explosives around the city to halt advances from Iraqi forces.
DESPITE TOP MILITANT'S DEATH Despite the death of Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-American cleric who was a propagandist for aspiring jihadists around the globe, Yemen's battle against Al Qaeda is far from complete, as security forces fought over the weekend against Islamic militants who control large areas of territory in the country's south.
Despite the militant symbolism of the setting, known in Mr Hussein's time as the Mother-of-All-Battles mosque, the meeting's message was pragmatic.
2. Despite the militant past of the term "Jayhawkers," Kansas sports the best tame animal in the tournament — smiling, strutting, up for any number of good times.
Britain, despite its militant advocacy for open European markets for Chinese goods, has failed to persuade China to open up its financial-services sector.
Despite the militant past of the term "Jayhawkers," Kansas sports the best tame animal in the tournament — smiling, strutting, up for any number of good times.
With widespread popular support, the government is pursuing unconditional peace talks with the Taliban — despite brutal militant attacks in recent weeks against senior army officers and the Christian community in Peshawar.
And despite the militant cries from his usually leftwing executive, in fact he headed only one official national strike during his entire leadership - a one-day stoppage in October 1962.
But nothing has been as important to him as his "African Book Walk: A Hike Across The Gambia to End Their Book Famine". Despite the militant occupation in the north which bans the creation and enjoyment of music (even Tuareg music is banned in Tuareg land), and despite the widespread shortage of food and water, musicians will continue to sing.
Iraqi officials have repeatedly assured residents that the capital is secure, despite Sunni militants routinely attacking Baghdad's Shia-majority neighbourhoods.
