Tikrit - City in Iraq posts
NPR ISIS is gone and Tikrit's Sunnis and Shiites are confounding expectations by getting along -- for now.
122 months ago
Newsweek Here are some pretty powerful images from Iraq, where coalition forces regained control of Tikrit from ISIS.
132 months ago
NBC News Retaking Tikrit is seen as critical before Iraqi forces attempt to drive ISIS out of Mosul, the second-largest city in Iraq.
132 months ago
The Wall Street Journal The advances in Tikrit were a symbolic and strategic victory for Iraq’s beleaguered military, and its Shiite militia allies against the Sunni militants.
Iraqi Security Forces Recapture Tikrit From Islamic State
wsj.com
Iraq’s security forces have recaptured the city of Tikrit, Iraqi state media reported, in what would be the largest victory yet against Islamic State insurgents since the Sunni extremist group seized swaths of the country last summer.
132 months ago
CNN International “Where are our sons?” demand families of soldiers captured by ISIS: http://cnn.it/1Dnqx0D
132 months ago
CNN International Iraqi forces retake control of government buildings in southeastern Tikrit, Iraq's Interior Ministry says. http://cnn.it/1ND7bGk
132 months ago
CNN International BREAKING: Iraqi forces retake control of government buildings in southeastern Tikrit, Iraq's Interior Ministry says. cnn.it/1ND7bGk
132 months ago
The WorldPost Some Sunnis are just as afraid of the Shiite militias as they are of ISIS.
132 months ago
The New Yorker Without Tikrit, Iraq’s campaign will have trouble forging north on the highway to Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.
The Test in Tikrit
newyorker.com
In Iraq’s first major offensive against ISIS, recapturing Tikrit could be the first step to taking back the Sunni heartland.
133 months ago
The Wall Street Journal In support of Iraq's military, Iran is throwing drones, heavy weaponry and ground forces into the battle against Islamic State.
133 months ago
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