Iraq forces face IS resistance but US says Tikrit will fall
 

https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/0h...d2ed7f1f6d.jpgIraqi forces faced tough resistance from jihadist fighters around Tikrit Saturday but the top US military ******r said ahead of a visit to Baghdad victory was only a matter of time. Iran has actively and visibly supported Baghdad's biggest operation yet against the Islamic State group but General Martin Dempsey insisted US air strikes **rth of Tikrit had been key. The jihadist group's footprint in Iraq has been shrinking steadily since federal and Kurdish troops went on the counteroffensive roughly six months ago, with foreign military backing. The US military an**unced that a string of 26 air strikes over two weeks had succeeded in forcing IS out of Al-Baghdadi, a small town near a large Iraqi base in western Iraq where US advisers are stationed.




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