Source: Tikrit battles will be resolved within 48 hours
3/13/15
Confirmed media adviser to the governor of Salahuddin, Talal Al Ghaith, on Friday that the security forces simplify the control of the hand and eliminate the role of science and the village of Albu-Ajeel. A security source also pointed to the possibility of resolving the battle of Tikrit within 48 hours.
Talal said that "the security forces began a large-scale military operation on Friday morning from the axis where Spyker has control structures and Aldiom area and the northern axis to the garage Qadisiyah neighborhood street."
He Talal that "the military operation is supported by air cover for Iraqi fighters," Remarkably, that "displaced families began returning to hand the flag after the removal of improvised explosive devices and clear the area of car bombs."
Talal attributed the slow progress of Iraqi forces to the large number of improvised explosive planted by al Daash around Tikrit, as well as the establishment of earth mounds and digging trenches at Daash the outskirts of the city.
In the same context, a security source said on Friday that "the battle of Tikrit will be resolved during the next 48 hours".
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