Top Gun
, March 26, 2015
Iraqi Defence Minister Khaled Al-Obeidi sits in the Sukhoi Su-25 aircraft at an air base in Baghdad on March 26. Coalition and Iraqi planes struck a sprawling complex of palaces in the city of Tikrit on Thursday where Islamic State militants have been holding out for more than three weeks. Iraq's Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi played down the role of Iranian advisers and the degree of interaction between them and the coalition. Reuters/Khalid al-Mousily