n Iraqi Prime Minister’s security spokesman, Lt. Gen. Qassem Atta conducting a press conference about the latest military development in Iraq on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO
n Iraqi Prime Minister’s security spokesman, Lt. Gen. Qassem Atta conducting a press conference about the latest military development in Iraq on
Saturday (Sunday in Manila) in Baghdad. AFP PHOTO

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces pressed a campaign on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) to retake militant-held Tikrit, clashing with Sunni fighters nearby and pounding positions inside the city with air strikes in their biggest counter-offensive so far.

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