Urgent – IA control Hajaj village northern Tikrit

Salah-il-Din (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Army Forces controlled the village of Hajaj within Beiji district (22 km) to the north of Tikrit city.

Security source reported to IraqiNews.com “The IA forces controlled the Hajaj village after defeating and killing the elements of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and liberating the house of the Minister of Provinces Affairs and former Governor of Salah-il-Din province (Ahmed al-Jubouri).”

“The IA put down the flag of the ISIL and raised the Iraqi flag above the village,” the source added.

“The ISIL elements fled through the river into Albu Ali village close to Hajaj village,” the source concluded. /End/