Iraqi forces try to wrest Tikrit back from ISIS’ firm grip
It’s part of a wide-scale offensive ordered by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday. Tikrit fell to ISIS in June of 2014, after the group’s capture of Iraq’s second-largest…
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Iraq Begins Offensive to Recapture Tikrit From ISIS
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi military, alongside thousands of Shiite militia fighters, began a large-scale offensive on Monday to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State, a battle that…