TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - On April 1, the city of Tikrit was liberated from the extremist group Islamic State. The Shi'ite-led central government and allied militias, after a month-long battle, had ...

TIKRIT, Iraq - In Iraq's Tikrit, liberation from the Islamic State group comes at a heavy price, both in loss of life and in the sheer devastation the militants leave in their wake. Much of Tikrit, ...

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Iraqi PM: Tikrit has been liberated from ISIS Link Copied! Iraqi state television, citing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, reports that Iraqi forces have liberated the city of Tikrit from ISIS control.

Driving from Baghdad north to Tikrit, we speed up a main road Wednesday through small towns that have been won back from the self-declared Islamic State, or ISIS. Some still have smoking buildings. On ...

Editor’s note: This story was reported by Reuters correspondents in Tikrit whose names have been withheld for security reasons, and by Ned Parker in Baghdad. TIKRIT, IRAQ – On April 1, the city of ...