Mourners react during the funeral of a member of the Shi'ite fighters, who was killed in clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province, during his funeral in Najaf, March 9, 2015. Just north of Tikrit, home city of Saddam Hussein, Iraq's executed Sunni Muslim dictator, Iraqi security forces and Shi?ite militia fighters began an offensive to regain control over the town of al-Alam. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT POLITICS MILITARY)