Voice of America: Battle for Tikrit Enters Second Week
A week into the ground campaign for Tikrit, Iraqi forces and allied Shi'ite militias continue to clash with Islamic State group militants on the city's outskirts in an attempt to regain territory one outlying town at a time.
The coalition is battling for al-Dour and Albu Ajil, where IS snipers are hampering efforts to clear the towns of the rebel extremists.
Thousands of troops launched Iraq's largest anti-IS offensive last Sunday to reclaim Tikrit, a strategic stronghold between government-controlled Baghdad to the south and Islamic State-held Mosul to the north.
More News On the Battle For Tikrit
Iraq: The battle to regain control of Tikrit from Isis rages on -- IBTimes
Islamic State Fighters Hold Tikrit As Military Assault Enters Second Week -- NPR
Iraqi forces make advances against Islamic State near Tikrit -- Washington Post
Iraqi army retakes town north of Tikrit -- Al Arabiya
Tikrit igniting sectarian war in Iraq -- Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Al Arabiya
Win or lose Tikrit, Isis can only be defeated in Iraq by the Sunni -- Hassan Hassan, The Guardian
Tikrit igniting sectarian war in Iraq -- Abdulrahman al-Rashed, Al Arabiya
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