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Security forces, al-Hashd al-Sha’bi surround ISIS elements in Tikrit General Hospital

 Security forces, al-Hashd al-Sha’bi surround ISIS elements in Tikrit General Hospital

Iraqi army forces. File photo.

Representational file photo.
Representational file photo.

 

(IraqiNews.com) According to a security source in Salahuddin province, the security forces supported by the Volunteer Fighters (al-Hashd al-Sha’bi) surrounded the ISIS group elements in the vicinity of Tikrit General Hospital south of the city, while announced the control on the southern axis of the city of Tikrit.

The source said in an interview with IraqiNews.com, “Today, the security forces backed by the Volunteer Fighters continued to advance through the southern hub of Tikrit,” noting that, “They besieged a group of ISIS elements in the vicinity of Tikrit General Hospital south of the city.”

The source, who requested anonymity, added, “The security forces now control the southern hub of the city.”

The military operations are still continuing to hunt down ISIS elements and liberate the remaining areas of the province from ISIS control amid remarkable progress by the security forces and the Volunteer Fighters.

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