In a sign that Iraq may be dividing along religious sectarian lines, parliament has given legal recognition to Iran-backed Shiite militias, in a vote boycotted by Sunni Muslims in parliament. Disagreements over the paramilitary units are complicating efforts to pull Iraq together as forces battle to defeat Islamic State, the ultra-hardline Sunni group that overran a third of the country in 2014, proclaiming a “caliphate” that spans parts of Syria.
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