Tikrit battle continues as Iraq attempts to recapture town from ISIL

The battle to take back Tikrit continues into a second day. The Iraqi forces launched a major offensive on Saturday to recapture the town from Islamist militant group ISIL. Heavy losses were.\r\n\r\nلليوم الثاني على التوالي يواصل الجيش العراقي هجومه الواسع لاستعادة السيطرة على مدينة تكريت كبرى مدن محافظة.\r\n\r\nkurdish peshmerga forces capture sulaiman beg town from isil isis ..\r\n\r\nTakfiri militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have engaged in battles with other insurgent groups in northern Syria. Syria's foreign-backed opposition sources say ISIL militants.