Governor of Salahaddin province in Northern Iraq Ahmad Abdullah al-Cuburi said they are now in control of Tiqrit. Governor Cuburi said "Iraqi army attacked from 4 directions with aerial backup and regained the city from ISIS led armed groups. Special forces arfe currently positioned in the city center."
Meanwhile, Al-Iraqiyya TV channel reported that 60 armed men were killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and armed groups. Military forces have regained control of the governorship building in the city.
Eyewitnesses say clashes between military forces and armed men have intensified in the northern front.
For a while now clashes have engulfed the country where there is a vacuum of authority ISIS and certain tribal forces took control in Mosul, Tiqrit, Baquba and Telafar. ISIS also took control in Al-Kaim, Rave, Aneh, Ratbe and Hadise townships of Anbar city.
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