ISF, volunteers completely control Tikrit, says Local Official

Salah-il-Din (IraqiNews.com) The Local Security Committee in Salah-il-Din emphasized that Tikrit has completely been controlled.

The Deputy Chairman of the Committee, Khalid Al-Khazrji, said to IraqiNews.com that “The Iraqi forces have completely controlled over Tikrit and killed some of the terrorists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant and some of them ran away yet some are still in the town.”

Al-Khazrji emphasized that “The operation of liberating Tikrit has successfully been finished with less causalities,” adding that “Some car bombs and bombs that were left by the ISIL will be dismantled.”

The Iraqi forces and the volunteers of popular mobilization controlled over the centre of Tikrit after liberating most of its districts in Salah-il-Din in military operation started on 1st of February known as “Labyk Ya Rasul Allah”. /End/