Iraq : The battle to retake Mosul well under way
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/24/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-usa-idUSKBN0LS2MK20150224

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/blog/intercepts/2015/02/24/iraq-ied-islamic-state-war/23936071/

ISIS in panic mode and fear raids Christians in Syria and Tribes in Iraq to collect human shields, a good sign it is effectively on a back foot. The looming Iraq forces offensive should also slow rapidly the flow of Islamic foreign fighters from Europe more interested in commiting atrocities on disarmed civilians and raping ladies that belongs to local ethnic minorities than facing a true battle with Iraq armed forces when they are ready.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Feb-26/288812-isis-seizes-100-iraqis-before-battle-for-tikrit.ashx

Iraq’s military said around 2,000 Shi’ite militia fighters, known as the Popular Mobilisation, had arrived near Tikrit in preparation for a major operation against Islamic State. Raed Jabouri, governor of Tikrit’s Salahuddin province, said on Tuesday that 5,000 fighters from thesecurity forces and the Popular Mobilisation – formed last year with Iranian support after the rout of the army – would join “the operation to liberate Tikrit”.

http://yalibnan.com/2015/02/25/isis-abducts-100-iraqi-tribesmen-before-battle-for-tikrit/

Yemen : Heading towards confrontation between North and South?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/25/us-yemen-security-special-forces-idUSKBN0LT0B120150225

GCC backs last Yemen's elected president while evidence show Iran's involvement in the latest development, Iran denies any involvement. Sounds familiar?
http://www.aawsat.net/2015/02/article55341807/yemen-gcc-backs-hadi-houthis-say-he-is-a-fugitive

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/02/24/Iran-contributed-to-collapse-of-Yemen-govt-Kerry.html

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Feb-25/288750-iran-rejects-us-claims-of-role-in-yemen-crisis.ashx

Egypt : Legal debate rages over the new set of "terror laws"
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/123914/Egypt/Politics-/Fears-expressed-over-Egypts-new-terrorist-entities.aspx

Syria : Christian Syrians abducted and moved to ISIS stronghold to reportedly be used as human shields
Talia said IS militants had raided 33 Assyrian villages on Monday, picking up as many as 300 people along the way. Many were plucked from their beds at dawn. A man who refused to leave his home was set on fire along with his house. He added that more than 700 families who fled Khabour region had arrived in Hasaskeh, while 200 other families fled to Qamishli.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20150225/world/abducted-syrian-christians-moved.557608