Smoke billows from Jinnah International Airport in Karachi June 9, 2014. REUTERS/Athar Hussain
BAQUBA Iraq (Reuters) - Insurgents gained more ground in Iraq overnight, moving into two towns in the eastern province of Diyala after security forces abandoned their posts.
Security sources said the towns of Saadiyah and Jalawla had fallen to the insurgents, as well as several other villages around the Himreen mountains, which have long been a hideout for militants.
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