Al Jazeera: Iraqi forces ramp up offensive to recapture Tikrit
Al Jazeera reporter says troops have seized towns and villages along the way to Tikrit, capital of Salahuddin province.
Iraqi forces have continued their offensive to retake the city of Tikrit, seized by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) last June, with troops claiming "gains" in the fighting, security forces told Al Jazeera's correspondent.
Citing state media and security sources, Al Jazeera's Jane Arraf, reporting from Baghdad, said an ISIL leader for south Tikrit had been killed and that other ISIL officials had retreated through Huweijah and on into the Hamreen mountains.
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