https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-halts-tikrit-operation-limit-losses-heroic-forces
It remains unclear if Shiite militias and army forces involved in the operation will follow interior minister's lead in fight pause
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https://www.rferl.org/a/1104628.html
Tikrit, 11 October 2003 (RFE/RL) -- U.S. troops detained four men in raids early today in Tikrit, the hometown of ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The...
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https://www.wnyc.org/story/us-providing-reconnaissance-flights-over-booby-trapped-tikrit/
The U.S. is providing surveillance flights over the besieged Iraqi city of Tikrit, where militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State remain holed up,...
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2014/6/12/iraq-city-of-tikrit-falls-to-isil-fighters
Gunmen from the Islamic State of Iraq take city and launch attacks on Kirkuk and Samarra, a day after the fall of Mosul.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2014/6/27/iraqi-military-battles-for-control-of-tikrit-2
Army helicopters land in rebel-held city as locals complain that government forces were firing indiscriminately.
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https://www.rferl.org/a/fierce-clashes-repprted-around-iraqi-city-od-tikrit/26879889.html
Reports from Iraq say fierce fighting has taken place around Tikrit on the second day of a military operation to recapture late dictator Saddam Hussein's...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/coalition-against-is-providing-support-to-tikrit-operation/26918173.html
The U.S.-led coalition against the extremist group Islamic State (IS) is reportedly providing support for Iraq's operation to retake the town of Tikrit from...
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https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/181610
Islamists attack Turkish embassy in Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, as politicians blame weakened Maliki government.
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