Baghdad, June 14 (IANS) The Iraqi security forces Saturday re-took control of three towns in Salahudin province lying **rth of capital Baghdad, while troops were also being deployed in the south of the provincial capital city of Tikrit for a military offensive later, a provincial police source said. The troops backed by the residents of the town of Ishaqi, 90 km **rth of Baghdad, clashed with the militant groups and recaptured the town earlier seized by them, Xinhua quoted a source as saying Saturday. Meanwhile, the security forces attacked the nearby town of al- Mu'tasim, 100 km **rth of Baghdad, and seized the town from the militants' control, the source said. Later Friday, the security forces backed by the residents of the town of Duluiyah, 80 km **rth of Baghdad, re-took control of the town after they clashed with a group of militants who fled the town, the source added.
06-15-2014, 07:31 PM
Iraqi forces retake three towns in **rthern province
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