Music industry. Hello, Iraqi Government forces and shia militia are advancing into the city of tikrit. Their aim is to recapture the city from the Islamic State in iraq and the levant, which has held it since last june. Iraqi forces are said to move from the north where theyre in control of a military hospital. Also pushing towards the center of the city. The video shows troops and militiamen along side heavy vehicles in the neighborhood, recapturing tikrit giving a supply link against isil in the major Northern City of mosul. This is northeastern Tikrit Iraqi Army and sunni tribesmen are trying to push isil out of the city. We want to tell the iraqi people that tikrit will be liberated and retaken from isil troops. We will liberate tikrit from isil. And from there well move to mosul. They shot footage on wednesday. Tikrit is controlled by isil. The city is on the highway linking baghdad to mosul further north. Progress has bid slow here. Partly because of boobie traps left by isil and
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