Austin congratulates Ubaidi on recapturing Tikrit

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Defense Ministry assured that “The Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Ubaidi received a phone call on Tuesday evening from the Commander of the US Central Command General Lloyd J. Austin during which both sides reviewed security developments in Tikrit city.”

Statement by the Iraqi Defense Ministry received by IraqiNews.com read “General Austin talked on phone with the Iraqi Defense Minister Ubaidi and congratulated him on the victories achieved by the heroes of the Iraqi Security Forces against the terrorist ISIL organization through expelling them from Tikrit city.” /End/