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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Tikrit

A soldier inspects the damage at a mosque after a car bomb attack in Tikrit in 2015 (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
April 5, 2017, 3:33 pm
Suicide bombings in Iraq’s Tikrit kill at least 31
IS claims attack in which gunmen open fire at police officers and civilians, then blow themselves up
By Agencies
Former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein, shortly after his capture in 2003, in a screenshot from a YouTube video uploaded December 17, 2016.
December 19, 2016, 3:06 pm
US ‘got it wrong‘ about Saddam Hussein — CIA interrogator
John Nixon says interviews with ex-Iraqi dictator ‘turned assumptions upside down,‘ claims Bush heard ‘only what he wanted to hear‘
By Sue Surkes
This image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show Islamic State militants leading away captured Iraqi soldiers dressed in plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. (Photo credit: AP Photo via militant website)
August 21, 2016, 2:59 pm
Iraq executes 36 jihadists over 2014 massacre of soldiers
Officials say the men were convicted of perpetrating the Islamic State’s mass killing of 1,700 army recruits at a Tikrit military base
By Bassem Attiya
An Iraqi Shiite fighter prays at a burial site believed to hold victims of a June 2014 massacre in which hundreds of army cadets were executed by the Islamic State group, in the city of Tikrit, on April 4, 2015. (AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
February 18, 2016, 3:09 pm
Iraq court sentences 40 to death over 2014 Tikrit massacre
Jihadist terrorists murdered hundreds of unarmed Shiite army recruits in first days of Islamic State offensive
By AFP and ToI Staff
Members of the Iraqi security forces investigate the destruction in the rural Husayba al-Sharkiya area, east of Ramadi, as they undertake military operations to attack Islamic State positions, on December 20, 2015. (AFP)
December 21, 2015, 11:58 pm
Islamic State lost 14% of its territory in 2015
Iraqi Kurds nearly triple their landholdings, as coalition airstrikes, ground forces beat back the terror group, think tank says
By AFP
Iraqi Sunni volunteers from the Anbar province, part of the government fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, during their graduation ceremony at the Habaniyah military base, near Anbar province's capital Ramadi, June 17, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
October 15, 2015, 4:39 pm
Iraqi forces in major push against IS jihadists
Despite gains earlier this year, Islamic State now pressured by Shiites, Kurds, Iraqi army on multiple fronts
By Salam Faraj
Islamic State fighters pass by a convoy in the town of Tel Abyad in northeast Syria, May 4, 2015. (Jihadist website via AP)
August 23, 2015, 3:00 pm
‘IS may be losing on the battlefield, but it’s winning at recruitment’
One year after the beheading of American journalist James Foley, terrorism expert breaks down the progress in the fight against the Islamic State
By Eric Cortellessa
In this June 18, 2003 file photo, US soldiers, partly seen at right, prevent former Iraqi soldiers from trying to enter the American headquarters during a deadly demonstration in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)
August 9, 2015, 2:30 am
Islamic State is led by more than 100 of Saddam’s former officers
Iraqi dictator’s ex-generals gave jihadist group the structure and discipline needed to turn ‘from terrorist organization to proto-state’
By Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
An Iraqi Shiite fighter prays at a burial site believed to hold victims of a June 2014 massacre in which hundreds of army cadets were executed by the Islamic State group, in the city of Tikrit, on April 4, 2015. (AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
July 12, 2015, 4:00 am
IS releases new footage of 2014 Tikrit massacre
Killing of hundreds of Shiite cadets served as rallying cry for mass recruitment against Jihadist group
By AFP
Illustrative: An Islamic State militant destroys ancient artifacts in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, Syria on July 2, 2015. (screen capture: Channel 4)
July 8, 2015, 1:47 pm
A secret to IS success: Shock troops who fight to the death
Extremist group moves between conventional and guerrilla warfare, uses creative tactics to wear out opponents
By Hamza Hendawi, Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Bassam Mroue
In this Friday, May 22, 2015 file photo, displaced civilians from Ramadi and central Iraq live in a camp in the town of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, west of Ramadi, 65 kilometers (40 miles) west of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
June 24, 2015, 5:50 am
UN says over 3 million Iraqis displaced by IS, fighting
Religious minorities fleeing for their lives; some towns retaken by Iraqi army require massive reconstruction
By Vivian Salama
Kurdish fighters of the YPG sit on their pickup truck in the town of Ein Eissa, north of Raqqa city, Syria, Tuesday, June 23, 2015. (The Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units via AP)
June 24, 2015, 12:39 am
Kurds’ Syrian offensive against Islamic State rolls forward
Repeated victories against jihadists help make the Kurds Washington’s long-sought ‘partner on the ground’
By Hamza Hendawi
This file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, shows a convoy of vehicles and fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq's Anbar Province. (photo credit: AP Photo/militant website)
May 16, 2015, 1:27 am
US plays down Islamic State’s gains in Iraq
Despite extremists’ takeover of key oil refinery and government compound, American general insists group is still on the defensive
By Robert Burns
A screenshot of former Saddam Hussein deputy Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri in 2013. (screen capture: YouTube)
April 17, 2015, 5:53 pm
Saddam’s notorious former deputy said killed near Tikrit
Baghdad claims Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the ‘king of clubs’ who later allied with Islamic State, is dead
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Vivian Salama
Islamic State fighters near the border between Syria and Iraq (screen capture: YouTube/Vice News)
April 12, 2015, 11:23 am
Report: Islamic State kidnaps 120 children in Mosul
Islamist extremists said to have loaded kids, aged 12-15, on military vehicles, driven to unknown location
By ToI Staff
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