Monday, March 2, 2015

Iraq's Tikrit: A Sunni bastion on the road to Mosul

The offensive launched Monday by Iraqi troops backed by Shiite militias and Sunni tribal fighters is aimed at capturing Tikrit, a Sunni city 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad that was captured by Islamic State militants during their lightning advance last summer. Sponcer page

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