members of the iraqi army and allied shiite militias have posed for gruesome photographs with the bloodied remains of an islamic state fighter celebrating with their assault rifles in the air, the black clad shiite militants are seen posing with the jihadi's  corpse at the frontline of fighting close to the central iraqi city of tikrit standing over the battered corpse in the back of a blue pick up truck, the iran backed militias stand alongside members of the iraqi army, which launched a large scale offensive to recapture the city   best known as the home town of late iraqi dictator saddam hussein   earlier this month the gruesome images emerged as the us led coalition begun surveillance flights over isis held tikrit   offering intelligence to the iraqi forces trying to re take it, according to an official scroll down for video  gruesome: celebrating with their assault rifles in the air, the black clad shiite militants are seen posing with the jihadi's corpse at the frontline of fighting close to the central iraqi city of tikrit celebration: standing over the islamic state fighter's battered corpse in the back of a blue pick up truck, the iran backed militias stand alongside members of the iraqi army  according to media representatives in tikrit, the shiite militias chanted slogans as they stood over the isis fighters body in the back of the pick up truck the photographs emerged as it was revealed the us led coalition would begin offering air support to the iraqi army and their allied iran supported shiite militias at the request of iraq's government the unnamed official refused to say whether the air support extended to airstrikes and bombing raids on islamic state targets in central iraq the us has previously said the iraqi government did not ask them to participate in the campaign this morning the foreign ministers of syria and iraq met in the syrian capital damascus to discuss ways to tackle militant groups operating in their countries iraq also called for greater international cooperation to combat the violence, syrian state tv said removal: members of the iraqi security forces take the dead body of an islamic state fighter for burial after overnight clashes in tikrit, 80 miles north of the capital baghdad  taken away: according to media representatives in tikrit, the shiite militias chanted slogans as they stood over the isis fighters body in the back of the pick up truck  iraq's shiite led government in baghdad, together with iran and the lebanese group hezbollah, have been important allies for syrian president bashar al assad shiite militias have fought on assad's side against the insurgency spearheaded by sunni islamists iraq's armed forces are also the main partner on the ground for a us led coalition bombing islamic state militants in iraq but washington and other western governments have dismissed the idea of cooperating directly with syria in the same fight this morning's high level discussions 'focused on the fight against terrorism and common dangers that threaten our countries,' syrian state television said, citing a joint news conference by the foreign ministers at damascus airport it did not specify which groups the discussions were referring to talks: this morning the foreign minister of syria, walid al moallem (left), and the foreign minister of iraq, ibrahim al jaafari (right), met in the syrian capital of damascus to discuss ways to tackle militant groups  united: this morning's high level discussions between the foreign ministers of syria and iraq 'focused on the fight against terrorism and common dangers that threaten our countries,' syrian state television said  iraq has acted as a go between for information about the us led strikes on isis in both countries iraq's foreign minister ibrahim al jaafari is also due to meet assad himself, jaafari's office said today jaafari's visit comes ahead of an arab league meeting in egypt scheduled for the weekend syria's seat has been left vacant since its membership was suspended in november 2011 after the government's crackdown on protests 'terrorism is not just a danger that faces both countries but one that will affect all countries if there is not cooperation,' jaafari said, according to syria's state news channel his syrian counterpart walid al moualem said the two countries 'stand in the same trench against terrorism,' state news agency sana said in september iraq's national security adviser briefed assad on efforts to counter islamic state, in the first such meeting since the united states launched air strikes on the group in iraq territory held by islamic state in syria includes most of deir al zor province, which borders iraq
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shiite militias celebrated jihadi's death by waving assault rifles in the air . posed with the isis militant's bloodied corpse in the back of a pick up . members of the iraqi army were seen standing next to the shiite troops . isis fighter's battered body was eventually taken away to be buried . images emerged as us led coalition begun surveillance flights over tikrit . aircraft will be offering intelligence to iraqi  forces trying to re take the city . warning graphic content 