Iraqi forces retake control of Tikrit Grand Mosque

‘The Iraqi army, backed by Shia and Sunni volunteers, has raised the Iraqi national flag over the Grand Mosque of Tikrit after recapturing the mosque in the northern city.

The forces also retook the city’s medicine college on Monday as they continued to gain more grounds against the ISIL Takfiri militants.

According to the Iraqi military, nearly 40 militants with the extremist group were killed in separate operations in the strategic city.’

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