Islamic militants unleashed multiple suicide attacks in the city of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, killing at least 22 people, a provincial official said on Wednesday. Iraqi forces drove out IS militants from Tikrit in April 2015. Since then, IS militants have launched a number of big attacks in and around Tikrit, located about 130 kilometers north of Baghdad. Despite the severe setbacks, the Islamic State group has managed to regularly launch attacks in some Iraqi cities. A series of large-scale bombings claimed by IS has also struck Baghdad since the operation to retake Mosul began in October.

Source: Egypt Independent April 05, 2017 08:26 UTC