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U.S. Takes Risk: New Iraq Allies Were Once Foes

Members of Fatah, a political alliance of former Shiite militia members who battled the Islamic State group, pray at the day’s end in Hillah, Iraq, April 28, 2018. In Iraq, the United States is reducing its troop presence and gambling that common interests with former adversaries will help prevent a resurgence of the Islamic State group. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)