Analysis: Saudi Arabia is reinforcing its border with Iraq as it faces possible threats from infiltration by the IS after Iraq’s border guard has effectively collapsed.
Tribal leaders in Anbar tell al-Araby al-Jadeed that Amman's government has reached out in an effort to counter the IS group and rising Iranian influence in Iraq.
Analysis: Iraqi sources say the US military has established it own base inside an Iraqi airforce base west of Baghdad, complete with its own runway. The base is off limits to even senior Iraqi staff.
Analysis: Many Iraqi civilians are living under dual legal systems - one state-run, and another drawn up by local militias every bit as brutal as the Islamic State group's "courts".
Comment: Iran has disclosed that its forces are supporting Iraqi troops in Tikrit. What happens next will inform the course of the war against the IS group, says Othman al-Mukhtar.
