Iraqi forces to recapture Tikrit within a wee
Baghdad: Iraqi forces are expected to retake Tikrit, the hometown of Saddam Hussein within a week.
Currently, Tikrit is under the control of IS militants who captured the city in last June.
An official of the Shia militia brigades fighting alongside government forces said that about 70% of Tikrit town is still under IS supremacy.
According to him street-to-street fighting might be required for the total liberation of Tikrit
Days before, soldiers and militiamen had retaken key sites including...